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Bangladesh Relief

Clip: Season 11 | 5m 55s

People in Bangladesh are struggling to recover from a devastating cyclone.

People in Bangladesh are struggling to recover from a devastating cyclone, and this time global warming threatens to flood much of the country. As the land begins to disappear, climate refugees, as they are called, are learning to farm differently and to live and go to school afloat.

02/15/2008 | Rating NR

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