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1
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Location and date of flood

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  • Bangladesh (LEDC)
  • July 2004
2
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Cause of flood

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  • Over 300mm of water fell in just 7 days

↳ rivers like the Ganges and Brahmaputra overflowed

  • 80% of Bangladesh is a flood plain
  • Deforestation in Himalayas + Nepal increased run-off
3
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Effects of flood

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  • Over 760 dead
  • Water covered half the country
  • The capital (Dhaka) had 35cm of rain
  • Crops were washed away
  • 35 millon homeless
4
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Short term responses of flood

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  • Little immediate help until Unicef warned (in October) that over a million children would die or be at risk of illness within 6 weeks without rapid aid.
  • World Food Programme → daily distribution of biscuits and hygiene survival kit
5
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Long term responses of flood

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  • Flood action Plan → trying to give protection from disastrous floods but still keep the benefit of normal floods

↳ shelters, warning systems, dams, flood control and embankments