It has a history of catastrophic, destructive floods in the wet season when the rain lasted days.
Eastern Bangladesh is currently experiencing severe flooding, posing a significant challenge for the region. The flooding is caused by monsoon rains and upstream onrush of river flows, which is impacting millions of people’s lives. A million lives are detained and stuck there; water currents, big trees, and hidden obstacles under the water hinder relief and other supplies. This flood destroyed people’s houses, schools, roads, and farmers’ seasonal crops. Bangladesh is a developing country that has recently emerged from huge student/public political movements, and an interim government runs the country. This interim government has taken control in just ten days and now they are facing another big challenge “The Flood 2024”.
Bangladesh is geographically situated in a low, flat land shaped like a triangle. It is a delta and a land of many rivers; therefore, it splits and spreads into several derivative ways before entering the sea. This is also a basin and only five metres above sea level. Bangladesh has many rivers; 7% of the land area is river and inland water bodies of total land. In the summertime, snow-melting water comes from the Himalayas, causing the rivers to overflow. In the monsoon season, 4,000 mm of rain falls, leading to the country’s floods. Bangladesh is also very prone to monsoon rain, cyclones, and flooding.
Flood in Bangladesh experiences different types of floods, such as flash floods in hill areas, monsoon floods, river overflow floods, and heavy rains during days of rain. It has a history of catastrophic, destructive floods in the wet season when the rain lasted days. Urban areas also have floods from heavy rains because of unplanned drainage systems. In 1988, a catastrophic flood occurred in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, throughout August and September. That flooding in Bangladesh was intensified by heavy rainfall and the convergence of very high flows from the country’s three major rivers. This led to severe flooding in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which lasted approximately 15 to 20 days. Because some parts of the city were underwater for that extended period, many infrastructures were destroyed, like schools, roads, and roadside buildings. This situation underscores the importance of international support in addressing the global issue of natural disasters.
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