geography physical flooding LEDC case study
- Created by: John@11g
- Created on: 18-04-15 17:28
View mindmap
- Bangladesh flood 2004
- facts
- by July 40% of Dhaka was flooded and 60% of the country was submerged
- the low lying land around the Ganges was most badly hit
- July to Setember
- very heavy rain 35cm in one day
- responses
- food supplies, blankets, medicine and clothing were distributed
- local communities began to re-build there omes
- UN tried to raise urgent money
- water purification tablets and poster were given out
- embankments put up, flood warnings, flood shelters
- effects
- 600 deaths
- death toll rose to 750
- 30 million left homeless out of 140 million population
- 100,000 people in Dhaka suffered from diarrhoea
- floodwaters left mud raw sewage
- $7 billion cost to hospitals and schools
- crops ruined and shortage of food
- bridges, roads and airports were ruined or destroyed
- 600 deaths
- facts
Comments
No comments have yet been made