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Climate Migration: Flooding forces Bangladesh family to flee

A man stands near an embankment eroded by the Meghna River in the Ramdaspur village in the Bhola district of Bangladesh on July 5, 2022. Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum were forced to flee the area last year when the river flooded and destroyed their home. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Cows line an embankment eroded by the Meghna River in the Ramdaspur village in the Bhola district of Bangladesh on July 5, 2022. Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum were forced to flee the area last year when the River Meghna flooded and destroyed their home. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Arzu Begum prepares a meal inside a kitchen in the poor Mirpur area of Dhaka, Bangladesh on July 3, 2022. Mohammad Jewel and Begum were forced to flee Ramdaspur village in Bangladesh last year when the Meghna River flooded and destroyed their home. The couple and their four sons moved to the capital, Dhaka, where they struggle to pay their rent and food bills on their small incomes. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Families live along an embankment that has some erosion caused by the Meghna River in the Ramdaspur village in the Bhola district of Bangladesh on July 5, 2022. Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum were forced to flee the area last year when the river flooded and destroyed their home. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Mohammad Jewel unloads a van full of garbage at a dumpsite in the poor Mirpur area of Dhaka, Bangladesh on July 3, 2022. Jewel and Arzu Begum were forced to flee the Ramdaspur village in Bangladesh last year when the Meghna River flooded and destroyed their home. "My heart aches when I think of my village, my ancestors, my old days. I had no choice but to leave my birthplace." (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

The embankment shows erosion caused by the Meghna River in the Ramdaspur village in the Bhola district of Bangladesh on July 5, 2022. Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum were forced to flee the area last year when the river flooded and destroyed their home. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

A boy loads his belongings before leaving his fishing boat in Elisha Ghat area in Bhola, Bangladesh on July 5, 2022. Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum were forced to flee the area last year when the river flooded and destroyed their home. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Village women carrying corrugated sheets to shift their house because of erosion caused by the Meghna River in the Ramdaspur village in the Bhola district of Bangladesh on July 5, 2022. Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum were forced to flee the area last year when the river flooded and destroyed their home. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Arzu Begum stands by the door of her house in the poor Mirpur area of Dhaka, Bangladesh on July 3, 2022. Mohammad Jewel and Begum were forced to flee Ramdaspur village in Bangladesh last year when the Meghna River flooded and destroyed their home. The couple and their four sons moved to the capital, Dhaka, where they struggle to pay their rent and food bills on their small incomes. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

A person carries a corrugated sheet to shift their house because of erosion due to the Meghna River in the Ramdaspur village in the Bhola district of Bangladesh on July 5, 2022. Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum were forced to flee the area last year when the river flooded and destroyed their home. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Mohammad Jewel stands on his land which was lost due to river erosion in Elisha Ghat area in Bhola, Bangladesh on July 4, 2022. Jewel and Arzu Begum were forced to flee last year when the Meghna River flooded and destroyed their home. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Erosion caused by the Meghna River is visible in the Ramdaspur village of the Bhola district of Bangladesh on July 5, 2022. Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum were forced to flee the area last year when the river flooded and destroyed their home. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum have a meal in their home with their son Arman in the poor Mirpur area of Dhaka, Bangladesh on July 24, 2022. Jewel and Begum were forced to flee Ramdaspur village in Bangladesh last year when the Meghna River flooded and destroyed their home. The couple and their four sons moved to the capital, Dhaka, where they struggle to pay their rent and food bills on their small incomes. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Climate Migration: Flooding forces Bangladesh family to flee