The 1998 Floods in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Floods 1998
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Prediction: ← Bangladesh is built on delta and floodplain of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, Meghna River, this area is expected to flood. ← The annual flood is expected and is needed to make the land fertile for farming. ← Upwards of 300 million people live on the Ganges delta, and this is increasing.
Effects: ← 2379 people died. ← Destruction of communication network meant it was impossible to deliver food and medical supplies, leading to further deaths. ← 25 million made homeless, due to flood waters destroying homes. ← Floods covered over 60% of the land, destroying the year’s crops; quarter of the rice crop was destroyed. ← Out breaks of water born diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, lasted for several months as sewage polluted the waterways. This led to deaths.
Response: ← Complete and strengthen embankments along the main river channels to a height of up to seven meters. ← 5000 flood shelters built in the areas most at risk, where families and live stock can go. ← Bangladesh flood action plan (FAP) set up, rescue boats and flood warning alarms. ← Raised homestead: homes are raised up on stilts or earth banks, 2m above sea level. ← Build dams to control river flow and hold back monsoon rain water in reservoirs.
Cause: ← The Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meggna Rivers run through Bangladesh creating a massive delta on the south of the country. ← Deforestation of the river basin for farming for wood, especially around Nepal. ← Melting ice caps in the Himalayas increase the river level. ← The source is a glacier in the Himalayas. ← Monsoon rains bring an annual flood, which people need for the fertile silt deposited on the land. However, this was the largest in living memory. ← Rivers meet meaning lots of water reaches Bangladesh quickly.
Background: ← The fertile Ganges plain has rice, grains, oilseed,
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Prediction: ← Bangladesh is built on delta and floodplain of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, Meghna River, this area is expected to flood. ← The annual flood is expected and is needed to make the land fertile for farming. ← Upwards of 300 million people live on the Ganges delta, and this is increasing.
Effects: ← 2379 people died. ← Destruction of communication network meant it was impossible to deliver food and medical supplies, leading to further deaths. ← 25 million made homeless, due to flood waters destroying homes. ← Floods covered over 60% of the land, destroying the year’s crops; quarter of the rice crop was destroyed. ← Out breaks of water born diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, lasted for several months as sewage polluted the waterways. This led to deaths.
Response: ← Complete and strengthen embankments along the main river channels to a height of up to seven meters. ← 5000 flood shelters built in the areas most at risk, where families and live stock can go. ← Bangladesh flood action plan (FAP) set up, rescue boats and flood warning alarms. ← Raised homestead: homes are raised up on stilts or earth banks, 2m above sea level. ← Build dams to control river flow and hold back monsoon rain water in reservoirs.
Cause: ← The Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meggna Rivers run through Bangladesh creating a massive delta on the south of the country. ← Deforestation of the river basin for farming for wood, especially around Nepal. ← Melting ice caps in the Himalayas increase the river level. ← The source is a glacier in the Himalayas. ← Monsoon rains bring an annual flood, which people need for the fertile silt deposited on the land. However, this was the largest in living memory. ← Rivers meet meaning lots of water reaches Bangladesh quickly.
Background: ← The fertile Ganges plain has rice, grains, oilseed,