Bangladesh Floods

• The flooding lasted from July to September with the Ganges reaching its highest levels ever.
• 66% of the land area was underwater.
• 30 million were made homeless.
• Dhaka, the capital, was 2m underwater and almost completely took off.
• 130, 000 cattle were killed.
• The entire annual stock of rice was destroyed.

Monsoon

• Annual threat to life, property and livelihoods.
• Accepted flood risk
• Heavy monsoon rain causes summer flooding.
• Silt blocks river channels and creates islands making discharge difficult

• Bangladesh - 80 per cent floodplain and delta making it very susceptible to flooding.
• Water and electricity in Dhaka was cut off and the sewerage system collapsed.
• Melting of snow from the Himalayas adds to the volume of water in the summer months