Causes: Heavy rainfall - 900 mm July, Peak discharge - both rivers peaked at sametime, saturated soil ^ surface run-off, Himalayas snow melt
Primary effects: ^ 2000 deaths, 100 000 km roads X, 25 mil homeless, 44 skls X, 112 000 houses X, factories closed + livestock killed, rivers polluted with sewage and rubbish
Secondary effects: children X educ. (4000 skls affected), 100 000 diarrhoea, rice fields flooded = 10% ^ rice prices, many farmers + factory workers unemployed, water purification tablets, free seeds given to farmers, embankments temp. fixed
Immeadiate responses: many ppl not evcuate in time (bocked transport), other gov. + international charities helped, 800 temp. health centres, 5500 locations emergency shelters
Long term responses: $ 2 - 3 bil gov. rebuilding costs, UN agencies deployed team to help with rescue, charities fundraising, houses rebuilts on sitls, building raised flood shelters, deforestation reduction, dams planned, introduce flood warning systems,
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