How Bangladesh beat the world at fighting floods

Cyclones that used to kill hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh now kill just dozens. How does Bangladesh keep its citizens safe even as the planet heats up? And what can rich countries learn from it?

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Resilience to cyclones in Bangladesh:
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/d...

Cyclone response: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/8/80...

Cyclone Gorky: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Cyclone Amphan: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Cyclone shelters: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f...

German floods: https://www.worldweatherattribution.o...
0:00 Intro
1:09 History
3:32 Bangladesh's approach
6:20 Germany's mistakes
8:41 Solutions

Reporter: Ajit Niranjan
Video editor: Nils Reinecke
Supervising Editor: Joanna Gottschalk