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The 1998 Bangladesh flood caused extensive damage, making it one of the most deadliest natural disasters in the history of Bangladesh.As per the official statistics compiled by ActionAid, and the initial reports by The Guardian, approximately 25 million people were displaced, while 10,50 individuals died.
The 2004 flood was very similar to the 1988 and 1998 floods with two thirds of the country under water. In early October 2005, dozens of villages were inundated when rain caused the rivers of northwestern Bangladesh to burst their banks.The floods that hit Bangladesh in 2007 affected 252 villages in 40 districts causing millions of people ...
From July to September 1998, Bangladesh suffered extensive flooding. Over 75% of the total area of the country was flooded, including half of Dhaka. [ 3 ] It was similar to the catastrophic flood of 1988, in terms of the extent of the flooding.
At least 13 people have died in the flooding and almost 200,000 people have been evacuated from flooded areas in Bangladesh, Md Kamrul Hasan, a senior official of the Ministry of Disaster ...
Entire coast of Bangladesh (then called East Pakistan) Cyclone 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone: Chittagong: 138,866: 1991: A cyclone hit the coastal islands and chars near Patuakhali, Barisal, Noakhali and Chittagong. Maximum wind speed reached 110 km/h. The storm surge was 1.9 metres. Industrial disaster 2013 Rana Plaza collapse: Dhaka: 1,134 [1] 24 ...
Authorities in Bangladesh are bracing for the spread of waterborne diseases and racing to get drinking water to people after devastating floods last week that left at least 54 people dead and ...
Pages in category "Floods in Bangladesh" ... 0–9. 1998 Bangladesh flood; 2000 India–Bangladesh floods; 2007 South Asian floods; 2019 South Asia floods;
At least 18 are dead, thousands are stranded and millions are without homes amid heavy flooding in India and Bangladesh, with more rains expected. 18 dead in India and Bangladesh floods; millions ...