Bangladesh Flood 2004
- Created by: Ellie Clutton
- Created on: 27-04-13 16:26
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- Effects and Responses to flood in a LEDC - Bangladesh, August 2004
- Causes
- Monsoon Climate - heavy rain
- Spring Snow Melt - soil erosion and a rapid increase in river discharge
- Deforestation - trees cleared for fuel and grazing land
- 80% of Bangladesh lies on huge floodplains
- Effects
- Economic
- 1.5 million tonnes of rice lost and 500 factories
- Takes years to recover and unemployment rises
- 100,000 suffer from diarrhoea
- Lots of money spent on medical care and labour shortages due to illnesses
- 1.5 million tonnes of rice lost and 500 factories
- Social
- 700,000 homes destroyed
- More diseases spread and money needed to rebuild and find shelter
- 700,000 homes destroyed
- Economic
- Responses
- Immediate
- Charities providing £12million in overseas aid such as Oxfam, Christian Aid, Red Cross & Water Aid
- Oxfam provide water purification tablets and buckets
- Food supplies, medicines. clothing and blankets distributed by Red Cross
- Long Term
- Flood shelters and cluster villages built
- Local communities begin to rebuild their homes
- Embankments built in some places to reduce flooding
- Flood warning systems improved
- Immediate
- Causes
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