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Flood In Bangladesh
newsworld (3) in flood • 6 months ago
Bangladesh is prone to flooding due to being situated on the Ganges Delta and the many distributaries flowing into the Bay Of Bangla. Coastal flooding, combined with the bursting of river banks is common, and severely affects the landscape and society of Bangladesh. 80% of Bangladesh is floodplain,[1] and it has an extensive sea coastline,[2] rendering the nation very much at risk of periodic widespread damage. Whilst more permanent defenses, strengthened with reinforced concrete, are being built, many embankments are composed purely of soil and turf and made by local farmers. Flooding normally occurs during the monsoon season from June to September. The convectional rainfall of the monsoon is added to by relief rainfall caused by the Himalayas. Melt water from the Himalayas is also a significant input.Flood in Dhaka, Bangladesh Each year in Bangladesh about 26,000 km 2 (around 18% of the country) is flooded, killing over 5,000 people and destroying more than seven million homes. During severe floods the affected area may exceed 75% of the country, as was seen in 1998. This volume is 95% of the total annual inflow.[clarification needed] By comparison, only about 187,000 million m3, of stream flow is generated by rainfall inside the country during the same period. The floods have caused devastation in Bangladesh throughout history, especially during the years 1966, 1987, 1988 and 1998. The 2007 South Asian floods also affected a large portion of Bangladesh
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‘35% Bangladesh flooded’, over 4m marooned
About 35 percent of Bangladesh has been inundated by the flood caused by onrush of water from upstream and incessant rainfall, affecting over four million people.
So far, 138 upazilas of 25 districts have been flooded and two more – Rangpur and Manikganj – are on the verge of going down under, disaster management control room says.
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“Around 32 percent of the country was flooded in 2015. But now, it may have submerged a wider region,” said Md Sazzad Hossain, an executive engineer of Bangladesh Water Development Board.
“The situation up north is improving as Brahmaputra, Jamuna, Surma and Kushiyara rivers are receding,” he told The Daily Star. “But Padma is swelling up.”
Sarder Udoy Raihan, an officer of Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre, told The Daily Star that Padma might inundate Faridpur, Shariatpur, Manikganj and Munshiganj within 48 hours.
However, Dhaka city is currently out of danger as the rivers surrounding it – Turag, Balu and Buriganga – are all flowing below the danger level, he assured.
Ministry of Relief and Disaster Management’s Deputy Chief Abdul Aziz told The Daily Star, the death toll following flood stood at 88, including a few cases of lightning strikes.
The total number of people marooned up until now was figured at 4,126,540, he said.
Latest readings showed that the waters of Dharla, Jamuneshwari, Ghagot, Karatoa, Brahmaputra, Jamuna, Gur, Atrai, Dhaleshwari, Padma, Surma, Lakhya, Kaliganga, Kushiyara, Old Surma, Kangsa and Titas rivers are flowing above danger level across 28 points.
While the waters of Brahmaputra and Teesta basins are receding, the Ganges-Padma is rising.
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