Bangladesh and India, South Asia, is a poor part of the world.
The rivers Brahmaputra and Ganges flooded in July and August, 2007.
Causes
- Heavy rainfall - 900 mm in July. The soil saturated and increased runoff
- Snow from glaciers in the Himalayan mountains melted
- The peak discharge of both rivers happened at the same time
Primary effects
- 2000 deaths
- 25 million homeless
- 44 schools destroyed
- Many factories closed and lots of livestock were killed
- 112 000 houses were destroyed in India
- 10 000 km of roads destroyed
- Rivers were polluted with rubbish and sewage
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