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General Situation. 1. According to news reports, the death toll from floods devastating central Bangladesh has risen to 253, and more than 17 million people are affected. 2. With the water levels receding, it was feared that there was likely to be an increase in the incidence of water borne diseases in the affected areas. 3.
2 million people, or 80 % of the total population of the District have been affected by the floods. 140,000 tin shade and thatched houses are destroyed and 280,000 damaged. The handloom industry is totally damaged and agricultural activities are impossible.
1 sty 2001 · Abstract and Figures. The 1998 floods in Bangladesh, deemed "the flood of the century," covered more than two-thirds of the country and caused 2.04 million metric tons of rice crop losses...
From July to September 1998, Bangladesh suffered the most extensive, deepest and longest lasting flooding of this century. An estimated one million homes were damaged, the main rice
According to current news reports, more than 300 people have been killed and 17 million people have been affected by the floods, which hit 37 out of 64 administrative districts. WHO reported that there was widespread outbreak of water borne diseases, but case management at government health centres and hospitals at the sub-district level had ...
29 lip 1998 · The official death toll has risen to 140, and now between 10 and 15 million people are affected by the floods. Areas in and around the capital city of Dhaka remains grave, with more areas...
30 maj 2000 · An estimated one million homes were damaged, the main rice and other staple crops were lost due to flooding, and some 30 million persons in 6 million families were affected by the floods.
