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.
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Source:Enviornmental
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| 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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