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10. As of now it seems to be headed for the sundarbans

Reply to Lucky Luciano (Reply #7)

Tue May 19, 2020, 10:42 AM

May 2020

If there's any good news it's that; it's a giant wetland area that is like a massive sponge. The really horrific flooding has come when a storm goes up the Meghna or Hooghly rivers. But then the downside of the upside is that the sundarbans have a lot of really rare and really precarious wildlife.

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