Effects of 1988, 1998 & 2007 Bangladesh floods
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- Effects of 1988, 1998 & 2007 Bangladesh floods
- 1988
- Social
- 19,000 schools flooded
- 7.2 million houses totally or partially damaged
- 45 million people affected
- 2,379 deaths
- Economic
- 1990km flood embankments damaged
- 172,000 livestock lost
- 240,000 rural hand tubewells flooded
- 2 million tonnes rice production lost
- Over 1000 industrial units flooded
- 3000km trunk roads damaged
- Environmental
- 2,282,000km squared area flooded
- 67% of capital city covered
- 60% country flooded
- 21 days of flooding
- Social
- 1998
- Social
- 14,000 schools flooded
- 980,000 houses totally or partially damaged
- 31 million people affected
- 1050 deaths
- Disease
- Bronchitis
- Cholera
- Economic
- 26,500 livestock lost
- 2.2 million tonnes rice production lost
- 3000,000 rural hand tubewells flooded
- Trunk roads damaged
- 4,528km flooded embankments
- Environmental
- 65 days of floods
- 75% of the country affected
- 50% of the capital city flooded
- Over 1 million km squared area flooded
- Social
- 2007
- Social
- 45 schools destroyed
- 1,100 deaths (90% children)
- 400,000 people displaced
- 1.1 million properties damaged or destroyed
- Disease
- 162,000 cases of diarrhoea
- Respiratory
- Economic
- 10,000km of roads destroyed
- Rice crops destroyed twice this year
- $290 million of crops damaged
- $1 billion damages
- 2.2 million acres of damaged cropland
- $150 million of aid was sought by Bangladesh
- Environmental
- 46 of the 6 districts were flooded
- Rise of rivers by 10 metres
- Secondary disasters of landslides and mudslides
- Crops destroyed
- Social
- 1988
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