Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has estimated that 4,955,527 people in Bangladesh are currently internally displaced due to natural disasters, marking the country's first comprehensive nationwide assessment of disaster-induced displacement.

The findings, launched on Wednesday by IOM in partnership with the Government of Bangladesh and development partners provide a clear picture of how floods, cyclones, river erosion, and other hazards continue to disrupt lives across the country.

Bangladesh faces repeated natural hazards every year, but until now, there was no verified nationwide estimate of how many people were forced to leave their homes due to disasters.

To close this gap, IOM conducted an exten...