Bangladesh floods

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how many people were killed by the floods?
600
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how many homes were destroyed by the flood?
over 7 million
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how many people were made homeless?
30 million
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what were the expenses of the damage?
£4 billion
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what were the human causes?
dam construction, deforestation, population overide, embankments
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what were the physical causes?
annual flooding is expected, it is below sea level, monsoon rainfall
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what river managemnt did they mainy use?
soft engineering
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what types of methods to protect did they use?
dams, shelters, warning systems
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how many homes were destroyed by the flood?

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over 7 million

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what were the expenses of the damage?

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