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Surviving the flooding season

As part of a report into climate change, the BBC's Mark Dummett travelled to Char Atra island in Bangladesh to see the impact of flooding on local people.

Ahead of the flooding season, locals are busy raising their homes to improve their chances of surviving the rising waters.

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