Gabura: from daily life to disaster

Bangladeshi women repair a road at Shayamnagar on 15 May, before cyclone Aila struck Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam

The Bangladeshi women were caught in a sudden downpour while repairing the road Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam

Bangladeshi women graze cattle in a field at Shayamnagar on 15 May Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam

Black clouds gather in the sky before Aila. There had been no rain for eight months in Satkhira areas, which had caused crops to fail Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam

Rubel, 8, carries a bottle of clean water from a nearby water source in Satkhira Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam

Image of Aila captured on 25 May, the same day that the storm temporarily strengthened to a Category 1 cyclone. Aila almost completely fills this scene, stretching from the Bay of Bengal deep into India, Bangladesh, and Burma. On May 25, Aila’s wind speeds reached up 75 miles an hour. According to the Associated Press, some 2.3 million people were affected by Aila, many of them stranded in flooded villages. Storm surges in Bangladesh flooded agricultural areas with salty water. Home to roughly 25,000 residents, the coastal island Nijhum Dwip was reported to be completely submerged. Photograph: Terra/MODIS/NASA

Small ponds, coconut trees, small houses and shrimp farms, a very common secene of Gabura Union, Satkhira which was badly affected by the cyclone Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam

Two days after the cyclone struck, many rural villages had not yet been reached by relief workers, and the death continued to rise significantly Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam

A Bangladeshi man mourns after the loss of his wife and children in the cyclone in Gabura, Satkhira Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam

Water gushes through the collapsed embankment after cyclone Aila hit Gabura, Satkhira Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam

Cyclone affected Bangladeshi people travel by boat with their belongings to a safer location after the cyclone hit at Gainbari, Satkhira, on 26 May Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam

A Bangladeshi woman cries as she looks for refuge after flood waters enters new areas after the cyclone Aila hit in the south-west parts at Harinagar, Satkhir, 28 May Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam

Dead bodies lined up after cyclone Aila hit Gabura, Satkhira Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam

Villagers wade in flood waters in search of refuge as water enters new areas in Harinagar Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam

A Bangladeshi family wades through flood water to refuge in Harinagar, Satkhira Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam

A woman wades through flood waters in Harinagar, Satkhira Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam

A Bangladeshi family travel to safety place as flood water enters new areas after the cyclone Aila hit in the south-west parts at Harinagar, Satkhira, Bangladesh 28 May Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA/Oxfam