Aug 14, 2014 6:30 AM

Gallery: Stirring Portraits of People Forced to Live in Flooded Homes

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Sian, 6, in the floodwater that's taken over her house in the Chaktai neighborhood of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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Shumee, 29, in the floodwater that's taken over her house in the Chaktai neighborhood of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

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Farzana, 27 , in the floodwater that's taken over her house in the Chaktai neighborhood of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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Yousuf, 52, in the floodwater that's taken over his house in the Chaktai neighborhood of Chittagong, Bangladesh. He grow up in this house and this city but has never seen this kind of flooding before.

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Tahmina, 16, in front of the Osi Miah Resident in the Chaktai neighborhood of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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Mohammad, 26, who teaches Islamic lessons to kids at the Osi Miah Residenct in Chaktai, Chittagong.

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Silvie, 30, at her house submerged by flood water in the Chaktai neighborhood of Chittagong.
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Babu crossing a flooded street during heavy tidal flooding.

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Salima, 60, lives in a slum in Chaktai and her son is a rickshaw puller. It’s been very painful for her when the tidal flood hits the slum because she normally sleeps on the floor.
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Nahar, 33, lives in a slum in Chaktai with her family. She says sometimes she can’t even cook meals for her three children when the flood waters enter their one-room home.

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