Flooding

Question 1

Location and date of flood

Answer 1

• Bangladesh (LEDC)
• July 2004

Question 2

Cause of flood

Answer 2

• Over 300mm of water fell in just 7 days

↳ rivers like the Ganges and Brahmaputra overflowed

• 80% of Bangladesh is a flood plain
• Deforestation in Himalayas + Nepal increased run-off

Question 3

Effects of flood

Answer 3

• Over 760 dead
• Water covered half the country
• The capital (Dhaka) had 35cm of rain
• Crops were washed away
• 35 millon homeless

Question 4

Short term responses of flood

Answer 4

• Little immediate help until Unicef warned (in October) that over a million children would die or be at risk of illness within 6 weeks without rapid aid.
• World Food Programme → daily distribution of biscuits and hygiene survival kit

Question 5

Long term responses of flood

Answer 5

• Flood action Plan → trying to give protection from disastrous floods but still keep the benefit of normal floods

↳ shelters, warning systems, dams, flood control and embankments