Ice melt off the Himalayas, fields were already flooded for rice
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what happened in 1998 in particular to cause the floods?
a long dry spell, the ground was hard and compacted, and then unexpected monsoon rainfall and melt all of a sudden
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What were the effects?
Thousands deade, more from diseases like typhoid and cholera from raw sewage in water, malnutrition and dehydration, crops destroyed, all houses washed away.
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What is Bangladesh?
LEDC
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If they have floods so often why dont they plan ahead and use flood prevention?
They are an LEDC, don
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Ice melt off the Himalayas, fields were already flooded for rice
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what happened in 1998 in particular to cause the floods?
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