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 1102652
Death: 10
Displaced: 800000
Countries: Bangladesh
From - To 26 May - 31 May

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Sylhet Division, Bangladesh, Late May to Early June 2024Heavy rainfall in river catchments in the wake of Cyclone Remal caused rivers to rise in areas of Sylhet Division, Bangladesh in late May 2024. As of 31 May, local media reported 500,000 people affected or marooned.Sun 2 Jun 2024DG ECHO Daily Flash (ERCC Portal)
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: 123 | About casualties: 26 | Last hour: 1

U.N. official display how better preparation has shrunk disaster death ... 2024-06-01T22:54+0200.

As climate change makes disasters such as cyclones, floods and droughts more intense, more frequent and striking more places, fewer people are dying from those catastrophes globally because of better warning, planning and resilience, a top
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Flash flood, heatwave go together2024-06-01T21:01+0200.

People on Saturday move house at Shahjalal Upashahar in Sylhet city submerged in flash flood rendering thousands of people homeless, many of whom are moving to higher places. | Star Mail photo. A heatwave set in over 16 districts on Saturda
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U.N. official highlights how better preparation has shrunk disaster de ... 2024-06-01T18:53+0200.

As climate change makes disasters such as cyclones, floods and droughts more intense, more frequent and striking more places, fewer people are dying from those catastrophes globally because of better warning, planning and resilience, a top
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UN official highlights how better preparation has shrunk disaster deat ... 2024-06-01T13:43+0200.

FILE - A polling official enjoys a cooling spray of water under intense heat at a distribution venue for Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and other election material on the eve of the fifth phase of polling in the six-week-long national el
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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),