Bangladesh Flooding Effects Flashcards
How much rice was destroyed
500,000 tons that would have been exported
Problem with sanitation
Access to drinking water & sanitation was diminished- thousands of wells & latrines affected
Number exposed to dirty water in Dhaka
5 million
Infrastructure that was damaged (7)
Roads, bridges, railways, embankments, irrigation systems, schools, hospitals ($7 billion)
Impact on textile industry (4)
Many factories running under capacity- lot of money lost
Factories employed directly 2 million
Garments account for 80% of export earnings
Floods cost garment sector approx $3million a day
Impact on retail sector in Dhaka
Shops badly damaged- $7 million
Combined losses to assets and output
$2.3 billion or 3.9% GDP
How many people affected
36 million or 25% of population
Why were poor worst affected (5)
- Least able to withstand impacts
- Cheap farm land near river
- Landless labourers lost jobs with no compensation
- Slums are in poorly drained areas with unstable buildings
- Factories shut down –> poor workers with no job or income
How much of country underwater
approx 50-60% with 800,000 hectares of farmland
How many deaths
800+ by mid-September
Main causes of death
600+ from drowning, snake bites and waterborne diseases
How many people got diarrhoea in the capital
100,000
