Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- Bangladesh is home to almost five million people living in internal displacement due to natural hazards, according to the first nationwide estimate released by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in the city on Wednesday.

The assessment marks the most comprehensive attempt to quantify how climate-driven disasters are uprooting communities across one of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations.

The report - developed in partnership with the Government of Bangladesh and development agencies - estimates that 4,955,527 people are currently displaced by events such as floods, cyclones, tidal surges and riverbank erosion. Despite frequent and severe weather-related disruptions, no verified national figure e...