From the series Water world 2 by Jashim Salam..

Photos from Water world and Water world 2 by Jashim Salam.

Floods in Chittagong in 2012. Photo posted on the

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of Secours catholique de Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Floods in Chittagong in July 2014. Photo

posted on Twitter

by Kazi Mohoshi Ahmed.

Each year, more and more land is flooded around the coastal village of Chittatong in southern Bangladesh. The water is rising around this low-lying nation, which is one of the places most affected by climate change. Our Observer used photos to show the disastrous effects global warming has on the daily life of local people.For his photo series Water world and Water world II, Jashim Salam took portraits of flood victims. They live in areas of Chittagong that have only been affected by floods in the past few years.Bangladesh has been named as the country most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In a report published in 2013, the World Bank said that the country was facing “extreme flooding of the rivers, more powerful tropical cyclones, rising sea levels and increased temperatures.”Rising water poses a direct threat for the country as roughly one third of its land is less than 5 metres above sea level. Much of this water comes from ice melted by rising temperatures. In parallel, Bangladeshi rivers will also see their flows increase as the snows in the Himalayas melt.Islands such as Sagar or Kutubdia have already lost their rice crops, which can’t grow in soil now oversaturated by sea salt. That’s not all: the country is also set to see more powerful monsoons.