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Heavy monsoon rains-- the highest recorded levels in seven years --
hammered southeastern Bangladesh
1. DATE
Monday 11 June, 2007
2. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Heavy monsoon rains have paralyzed much of Bangladesh since Sunday (10th) morning
and nearly 275 mm (11 inches) of rain fell in Chittagong and neighboring districts
on Monday. The unusually powerful monsoon triggered landslides, flash floods and
lightning.
3. DAMAGE
Three days of rains and water from upstream swelled the Brahmputra,
Jamuna, Teesta and Dharala rivers, creating flash floods
and inundating large areas of the country, taking the
total number of flood-related deaths to nearly 130. Low-lying areas of Netrokona, Sunamgonj, Habigonj, Bogra, Kurigram,
Chandpur and Feni districts are submerged and several thousand
people have been isolated. Houses in the affected areas are damaged and daily activities have
been disrupted and nearly 10,000 people have so far been evacuated to some 200 shelters in
Chittagong.
Flash floods and inundated roads were hampering rescue efforts
in the city of 4 million,
220 kilometers (135 miles) southeast of the capital, Dhaka.
4. NUMBER OF DEAD AND DISPLACED PERSON (as
of June 13, 2007)
Dead : 130
Displaced : 10,000
5.LOCATION
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/JOPA-743GN6?OpenDocument&rc=3&emid=LS-2007-000080-BGD
(Reliefweb)
6. GFAS RAINFALL INFORMATION
According to GFAS, daily precipitation exceeding 5-year return period was
observed
around Bangladesh and Myanmar on June 12 (Fig.1).
Fig.1:
GFAS Excess area map of 5-year return period precipitation (in red)
June
12, 2007
Please check GFAS page:
http://gfas.internationalfloodnetwork.org/gfas-web
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