Cyclone Aila May 2009
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- Created on: 24-01-22 13:58
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- Cyclone Aila
- Location
- Bangladesh
- 60% size of the UK with 156 million people
- One of the worlds poorest countries
- Vulnerability
- Many people live in areas which are vulnerable to flooding
- Contains 3 of the world's largest rivers
- Has an annual monsoon season
- Cyclone event
- Began as a tropical storm in the bay of bengal
- High intensity rain
- 120mm fell in a few hours
- Strong winds reaching 360 km/h
- Low pressure caused the sea levels to rise, creating a storm surge
- Social and economical impacts
- 190 people killed
- Storm surge destroyed several villages
- Half of the flood protection embankments were washed away
- 750000 people made homeless
- Crops destroyed in the delta
- 3.5 million people affected
- 59000 animals killed affecting food supply and farming income
- Sickness and typhoid spread from contaminated water
- Environmental impacts
- Pressure on firewood recourses as fuel from animals was lost
- Fresh water contaminated by sewage
- Suburban mangrove forest badly affected
- 30 endangered tigers drowned
- Long- term impacts
- By 2010, 200000 were still living in temporary shacks
- Poverty forced some people to migrate to slums in cities
- Location
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