Overall Green alert Flood
in Bangladesh

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102743
Death: 2
Displaced: 16000
Countries: Bangladesh
From - To 01 Jul - 06 Jul

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Rajshahi and Mymensingh Divisions, Bangladesh, July 2024Media reported flooding in areas of Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh, after rivers rose in early July 2024. Two people died when a boat capsized in Shahjadpur.Sun 7 Jul 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 133 | About casualties: 59 | Last hour: 1

09.07.2024 Bangladesh - Floods cause Tk 6.13b crop loss in Sylhet The ... 2024-07-09T23:48+0200.

The recent floods that have inundated Sylhet caused a massive loss of crops including Aus paddy, Aus seedbeds, vegetables, etc. in the region. The calamity due to onrush of hill water from the Indian state of Meghalaya coupled with excessiv
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Farmers in north undone by chain of disasters2024-07-09T20:09+0200.

Thousands of farmers in the north have lost three crops in a row in back-to-back disasters since March with the ongoing flood, which has lasted for over three weeks in some places, unleashing the severest of blows. Many farmers are even in
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Continuing flood exposes the fault lines in our response2024-07-09T17:01+0200.

Bangladesh is in the middle of its annual monsoon, so regular news of flooding along with the deaths and destructions that come with it is more or less expected, even though the pain of witnessing so much suffering never goes away. What's h
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Assam: Flood situation improves marginally, 18.8 lakh still affected W ... 2024-07-09T14:55+0200.

The flood situation in Assam has improved marginally with the number of affected persons in 27 districts dropping to around 18.80 lakh, officials said on Tuesday, reported PTI. On Monday, over 22.74 lakh persons were reeling under flood wat
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),