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The 1998 Bangladesh flood occurred during the severe monsoon season, which began in July and continued until September. Heavy rainfall in the upstream catchment areas of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna River caused water levels in these rivers to rise rapidly, resulting in widespread flooding across the country. It is considered one of the ...
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 ...
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).
The flooding caused contamination of crops and animals and unclean water resulted in cholera and typhoid outbreaks. Few hospitals were functional because of damage from the flooding, and those that were open had too many patients, resulting in everyday injuries becoming fatal due to lack of treatment. 700,000 hectares of crops were destroyed, [4]
Scientists say climate change is a factor behind the erratic and early rains that triggered unprecedented floods in Bangladesh and northeastern India, killing dozens and making lives miserable for ...
Rescuers are scrambling to evacuate flooded communities after heavy rains inundated parts of Bangladesh and northeast India, killing at least 36 people and causing rivers on both sides of the ...
The Bangladesh Flood Forecasting and Warning center said Thursday that the water levels in many rivers in the delta nation’s eastern, northeastern and southeastern regions were still increasing.
Pages in category "Floods in Bangladesh" ... 0–9. 1998 Bangladesh flood; 2000 India–Bangladesh floods; 2007 South Asian floods; 2019 South Asia floods;