bangladesh
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- Created on: 26-05-14 16:12
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- 1998 Bangladesh Floods
- Causes
- Physical Factors
- The country is built on a huge flood plain
- 70% of the country is less than 1 metre above sea level
- Snowmelt from the Himialayas
- Bangladesh experiences heavy monsoons and tropical storms
- The main cause was that there was a long period of torrential rain that caused all 3 rivers to flood at once
- Human Factors
- Deforestation in Nepal
- Urbanisation of the flood plain
- Building of the dams in India caused sedimentation to raise the river bed
- Global warming
- Poorly maintained flood defenses
- Physical Factors
- Effects of the floods
- Over 57% of the land was flooded
- Over 1300 people were killed
- 7 million homes were destroyed
- 25 million people were made homeless
- There was a major food and water shortage
- Deadly diseases spread around
- The floods cost $1billion
- 2 million tonnes of rice was destroyed
- Response By Man
- Long Term
- Reduce deforestation in Nepal
- Build 7 dams to store excess water
- Build 5000 flood shelters
- Build a 7 metre high embankment
- Create flood water storage space
- Develop a flood warning scheme
- Short Term
- Boats to rescue people
- Emergency supplies
- Food for liverstock
- Repair and rebuild houses and sewage
- Aid from other countries
- Long Term
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