Bangladesh Flooding
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- Created on: 17-04-16 17:48
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- River Flooding - Banglidesh
- Cause
- Monsoon arrived early, and haevy rain fell from late june.
- Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers rose over dangerous levels
- The flood waters spread to Dhaka.
- Effects
- 1/2 country flooded
- Areas without storm drains flooded
- Contaminated water when flood was over
- Over 700 killed
- Affected over 30 million people
- Malnutrition
- Crops lost
- Management
- Oxfam preparedness Programme
- Raising homes 2m above water level
- Earth banks planted with grass to prevent erosion
- 2 hectares of raised land for live stock
- Rescue boats in risk area
- Radios to each committee to issue flood warnings
- Dhaka Integrated Flood Protection Project
- $100 million government project
- Earth embankments to hold back rising water
- More storm drains
- Sloping protection to prevent erosion
- Sluice gates to close channels when water levels rise
- Oxfam preparedness Programme
- Cause
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