Bangladesh

Question 1

Economic effects (2)

Answer 1

$1.5 billion of damage in total.

Question 2

Environmental effects (2)

Answer 2

Huge areas of farmland lost.

Ecosystems destroyed.

Question 3

Causes (3)

Answer 3

Long period of heavy rain.
Three rivers meet in the middle of Bangladesh.
Spring snow melt causes higher river levels.

Question 4

Solutions (3)

Answer 4

Soft:
- improved flood forecasting
Hard:
- built 5000 flood shelters in areas most at risk
- built dams to control flow (£500 million)

Question 5

Social effects (2)

Answer 5

Over 1300 people died.

Electricity supply cut off for several weeks.