Update on Cyclone Amphan:

- The most powerful storm to threaten India & Bangladesh in 20 years
- 10,000,000 affected – just in Bangladesh
- 500,000 families now homeless – just in Bangladesh
- 100+ people dead and missing so far
- Critical levee failures in the Sunderbans delta

The effects of Cyclone Amphan on the Sunderbans cannot be understated. Local journalists are already warning of a "death knell" for the region, home to 4 million people.

Amphan& #39;s storm surge has sent a deluge of saltwater on farmlands & freshwater swamps. https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/cyclone-amphan-rings-death-knell-for-sunderbans-amid-coronavirus-lockdown/cid/1774878">https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/...

“A reverse migration is taking place because of the novel coronavirus with tens of thousands of people returning to the Sunderbans. The storm is like a death knell for these people.”

This is what the climate emergency looks like in marginalized places.

The Sunderbans is the world& #39;s largest mangrove ecosystem.

Current estimates are 17,800 hectares of farmland and over 100,000 farmers could now be rendered unfertile. The long-term impact to the region& #39;s biodiversity and viability are unknowable. https://www.news18.com/news/india/with-power-of-three-hurricanes-cyclone-amphan-leaves-irreparable-damage-on-sundarbans-farmers-2631051.html">https://www.news18.com/news/indi...

We are in a climate emergency.

The effects of worsening storms and rising sea levels are borne by those who did the least to create them.

This is why transformative change is necessary. For places like the Sunderbans.