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13
Jul

Record monsoon rain exposes gaps in Bangladesh’s landslide defences

  • Fatema Waz / 3 months
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Deadly floods and landslides in the southeast showed that warnings alone cannot protect communities living on unstable slopes, beside blocked drains and in fragile refugee shelters. Record rainfall, deadly landslides and widespread flooding across southeastern Bangladesh have exposed the distance between forecasting a hazard and protecting the people most likely to be hit. Chittagong recorded […]

10
Jul

Over 150,000 People Trapped in Flooding in Jamalpur

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    REN DESK / 2 years
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 the communication system of this district has broken. The flood situation in Jamalpur (a north-side district of Bangladesh) has not improved. In the last 24 hours, the water of the Jamuna River has decreased by 6 cm at Bahadurabad ghat point and is flowing 87 cm above the flood limit. However, over 150,000 People of […]

07
Jul

BD: Flood destroys 30,000 electricity poles

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    Md Ibrahim Khalilullah / 2 years
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Storms and floods have caused massive damage to power distribution systems. 30,000 electric poles were destroyed due to storms and floods in Bangladesh. All electricity substations have gone underwater due to floods in the Sylhet region. This information has been given by the Ministry of Electricity, Energy, and Mineral Resources of Bangladesh. Recently there has […]

02
Jul

Sylhet Drowned in Floods Again

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    REN DESK / 2 years
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Flood in Sylhet. Photo Credit: Kaler Kantho The flood situation in Sylhet (a district in the northeastern region of Bangladesh) has worsened. The flood situation has worsened due to continuous rains and continued uphill landslides from neighboring India. In addition to the low-lying areas, water also entered the city. According to the Sylhet District Meteorological […]