Fatal floods leave millions stranded in Bangladesh

Fatal floods leave millions stranded in Bangladesh

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A woman and her child wade through flood waters in Feni

A lady and her kid wade through floodwaters in Feni, one of the worst-hit locations. [Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/AFP]

Published On 23 Aug 2024

At least 13 individuals haveactually been eliminated and 4.5 million impacted by floods setoff by heavy rains in eastern Bangladesh, the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief states.

Floods activated by torrential rains haveactually overloaded swaths of low-lying Bangladesh and rescuers are rushing to leave flooded neighborhoods.

The ministry stated on Friday that almost 190,000 individuals were taken to emergencysituation relief shelters and 11 of the nation’s 64 districts were impacted by the flooding.

Feni, about 100km (60 miles) northwest of the primary port city of Chittagong, was worst hit.

The South Asian country of 170 million individuals, crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers, hasactually seen regular floods in current years.

It is amongst the nations alotof susceptible to catastrophes and environment modification, according to the Global Climate Risk Index.

Three of those who passedaway drowned in floodwaters in the southeastern area of Cox’s Bazar, chief administrative officer of Ramu district Rasedul Islam stated.

The yearly monsoon rains cause extensive damage every year, however environment modification is moving weathercondition patterns and increasing the number of severe weathercondition occasions.

The army and the navy haveactually been released, with speedboats and helicopters saving those stranded by the inflamed rivers.

People wade through flood waters in Feni

Relentless monsoon rains and flooding haveactually stranded millions of individuals in Bangladesh, immersing large locations and damaging homes and facilities. [Munir Uz Zaman/AFP]

People wade through flood waters in Feni

The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) has stated that with the rains continuing, water levels might increase additional over the next 24 hours, raising issues about extra flooding and displacement. [Munir Uz Zaman/AFP]

People wade through flood waters in Feni

The most impacted districts in Bangladesh consistedof Feni, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Cumilla and Chittagong, where 5 significant rivers were streaming above threat levels, the FFWC stated. [AFP]

This aerial photograph shows deluged houses after floods in Comilla

Houses are deluged in the floods in Cumilla. [Mahfuzul Hasan/AFP]

People wade through flood waters in Feni

Road connection in numerous areas were severed, separating neighborhoods and hindering relief efforts, catastrophe management and relief authorities stated. [Munir Uz Zaman/AFP]

People wade through flood waters in Feni

An analysis in 2015 by the World Bank Institute approximated that 3.5 million individuals in Bangladesh, one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations, were at danger of yearly river flooding. Scientists quality the worsening of such devastating occasions to environment modification. [Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/AFP]

People carrying umbrellas, wade through a flooded street amid rainfall in Feni

People wade through a flooded street inthemiddleof rains in Feni. [AFP]

People wade through flood waters in Feni

“I sanctuary’t seen so much water in the last 20 years. Everything in my home is trashed since the water hasactually increased to waist level,” stated Mohammad Masum, a local of Feni district. [Munir Uz Zaman/AFP]

People wade through flood waters in Feni

Monsoon rains in South Asian countries India and Bangladesh normally start in June. The 2 nations share 54 typical rivers that circulation from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. [Munir Uz Zaman/AFP]

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