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Flood 2004
 
 

In late-June 2004, heavy monsoon rains swelled the waters of the Meghna River, which reached its peak level in early-July. The Jamuna and Padma Rivers also burst their banks in early-July, due to heavy rains in the north of the country, causing flash floods in the north and the west-central districts. The floods spread, eventually impacting Dhaka and other central districts. Nationwide, 36 million people (about 25 percent of the population) across 39 districts were affected by the floods many of which were rendered homeless. Approximately 38 percent of Bangladesh was inundated by the time the waters began to recede in late-August, including 800,000 hectares of agricultural land. As of mid-September, the death toll had reached almost 800. During the emergency, access to potable water and sanitation facilities was diminished, as thousands of tube wells and latrines were affected. The floods also caused heavy damage to major infrastructure such as roads, bridges, railway, embankments, irrigation systems and rural infrastructure as well as losses to the agriculture sector and small-scale enterprises including export-oriented knitwear industry.
Between 10 and 16 September, a localized monsoon depression swept over Bangladesh, bringing three times the normal rainfall and causing flooding in the Dhaka and southwest and central areas of the country. Several districts, which had been spared during the previous flood, were affected this time.

 
Flood Extent in Peak Level on 2004 of Bangladesh:
 
 
 
   
Source:Enviornmental Monitoring Information Network (EMIN) Project.
 
    Open Water Extent Map is derived from RADARSAT ScanSAR Wide Beam Image with a ground resolution of 100m x 100m. The image was acquired by RADARSAT International, Canada on 23 July 2004.  
       
     
  Flood Extent in Peak Level on 2004 of Bangladesh:  
 

District Name

Open water extent (Ha)

Open water extent (%)

BOGRA

135093

46

BRAHAMANBARIA

129103

67

CHANDPUR

60701

36

CHUADANGA

2028

2

COMILLA

84370

27

DHAKA

53813

35

DINAJPUR

99032

29

FARIDPUR

61451

30

FENI

9070

10

GAIBANDHA

114111

53

GAZIPUR

24820

15

GOPALGANJ

72774

47

HABIGANJ

147172

57

JOYPURHAT

47105

48

JAMALPUR

102828

50

JESSORE

30156

12

JHENAIDAH

14235

7

KISHOREGANJ

164090

65

KURIGRAM

111028

49

KUSHTIA

27041

16

LAKSHMIPUR

15068

13

MADARIPUR

48284

43

MAGURA

15126

14

MANIKGANJ

84540

62

MEHERPUR

1680

2

MAULVIBAZAR

68071

25

MYMENSINGH

116140

27

NAOGAON

139608

41

NARAIL

17986

19

NARAYANGANJ

25400

33

NARSINGDI

38744

33

NATORE

64425

34

NAWABGANJ

33370

19

NETRAKONA

177380

62

NILPHAMARI

30367

18

PABNA

83435

35

RAJSHAHI

58560

25

RAJBARI

23103

21

RANGPUR

65359

28

SHARIATPUR

57894

45

SIRAJGANJ

159093

65

SHERPUR

45477

35

SUNAMGANJ

291912

79

SYLHET

191104

56

TANGAIL

128949

37

THAKURGAON

42118

23

 
 
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