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As the remnants of Cyclone Remal went towards Northeast India, heavy rainfall triggered landslides, killing 40 people. [48] Damage was particularly severe in the state of Mizoram where 30 people died, [49] including 17 due to the collapse of a stone quarry in Aizawl, with six others missing. [50] Landslides also blocked the National Highway 6. [51]
Bangladesh, being situated on the Brahmaputra River Delta (also known as the Ganges Delta) is a land of many rivers, and as a result, is very prone to flooding. Due to being part of such a basin and being less than 5 meters above mean sea level, Bangladesh faces the cumulative effects of floods due to water flashing from nearby hills, the accumulation of the inflow of water from upstream ...
A stone quarry collapsed Tuesday in India’s northeast due to heavy rain triggered by a tropical storm, killing 17 quarry workers and leaving 12 missing, officials said. Senior police officer ...
The Mizoram government expected that the cyclone could cause landslides and floods, so warnings were issued which advised residents to take precautions and preventive measures. The Indian Navy's Eastern fleet had was put on high alert to extend aid into Bangladesh.
Bangladesh(Rangamati, Chittagong and Bandarban),Northeast India Part of the 2017 North Indian Ocean cyclone season On 12 June 2017, heavy monsoon rain triggered a series of landslides and floods in Rangamati , Chittagong and Bandarban - three hilly districts of Bangladesh - and killed at least 152 people.
2022 India–Bangladesh floods Date 23 May 2022 to present Location India (Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura): Bangladesh (Sylhet, Mymensingh, Rangpur, Rajshahi divisions) Cause Heavy monsoon rains Deaths 250+ India: Assam: 170+ Other northeastern states: 30+ Bangladesh: 80+ Property damage India: 4,000+ villages 113,000 hectares of ...
Heavy rains from the cyclone might cause landslides in Chittagong and Cox's Bazar, as well as three other hilly districts: Rangamati, Bandarban, and Khagrachhari, according to authorities in Bangladesh. [71] A half-million people are being evacuated to safer areas in south-eastern Bangladesh ahead of a possibly catastrophic cyclone. [72]
Total damage in Bangladesh were up to ৳5.36 billion (US$63.6 million). 9 November 2019: Cyclones Matmo and Bulbul made landfall near West Bengal , and crossed into Bangladesh. It caused severe flooding and storm surge in the country, with approximately 72,000 metric tons of crops being lost, with a total value of Tk 2.6 billion (US$31 million).