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In 2020, floods severely affected South Asia due to heavy monsoon rains. The floods caused $105 billion USD of damage ($88.5 billion in India, [1] $15 billion in Sri Lanka, [2] and $1.5 billion in Pakistan [2]), making them the costliest floods in modern history, and the ninth costliest disaster of all time. In addition there were 6,511 ...
A 2015 analysis by the World Bank Institute estimated that approximately 3.5 million people in Bangladesh, one of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries, were at risk of annual river flooding.
DHAKA (Reuters) -At least 20 people have died and more than 5.2 million have been affected in Bangladesh by floods caused by relentless monsoon rains and overflowing rivers, officials said on Sunday.
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 ...
Authorities in flood-hit Bangladesh and northeastern India scrambled on Monday to provide aid to more than nine million people marooned after the heaviest rains in years killed at least 54 people ...
Floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa killed eight people in January, [2] however from June 2022, floods affected most of Pakistan, affecting around 33 million people, or 12% of the country's population. [3] Over two million houses were damaged or destroyed by flooding, [ 4 ] and over $40 billion USD worth of damage has been caused.
Flooding in Bangladesh has swept away homes and shut schools, displacing tens of thousands of people, the disaster and relief ministry said on Tuesday, and a forecast for more heavy rain over the ...
As of 26 September 2019; the monsoon floods affected 13 districts, killing at least 2 people, injuring 6 others, and about 116,000 people were affected. [16] One casualty was reported in the Galle District and the other one was reported in Kolonnawa, where a teenager drowned in the flood water. [17]