How does flooding affect the people of Bangladesh?

Answer 1

Bangladesh suffered one of its worst ever floods. Despite flooding being common in this country, the floods of 1988 were particularly resulting in over 1000 deaths and 30 million people were being made homeless and losing all of their belongings.

Over two thirds of the land area was covered by water and the capital Dhaka was two metres underwater, this effects people as they would have to be evacuated.

Food supplies was severely affected as flooding destroyed the rice stocks with a total of 668.529 hectacres of crops being destroyed this will affect people as they need food to survive. There was a serious shortage of drinking water & dry food.

400 clothing factories were forced to be closed which results in people losing their jobs and therefore not getting a sufficient amount of money to support their family.

Communications became difficult with shopping impossible as well as roads and railways have been swept away making it difficult for people to go to work and also means rescue operation even more difficult.

Diseases spread such as bronchitus and cholera/diarrhoea.

For villages in Faridpur, about 120 kilometres south of Dhaka, lowering water levels meant the end of the week sheltering on their town centre embankment at times only 2 feet above the flood-level.

They do not sleep in the night as they fear their little children may fall into the nearby deep-flood water.

There is a risk oh health hazards because they lack drinking water and have to cross through to dirty water to move here and there.

Schools have been closed since the floods hit, resulting in children lacking in education.

Answer 2

Sometimes floods bring strong currents, and drag people through the water.
Which usually contain rocks and whatever the currents are carrying.
Floods can also drown people.
If your house gets flooded, you can get sick because of the bad stuff it brings into your house, and because you will be wet all the time.

Answer 3

The nile effects the people in MANY ways. ONE. Farmers use the rich soil around the river for their crops. TWO.people don't want to drown in the water so instead of them going in their home, they go on the top of their houses.

Answer 4

i think it causes the earth to over flow meaning most of the dry lands on earth will be covered with water and it will affect the earth very much in the future coming

Answer 5

it will kill so many people it will destroy homes and in some places it will drown the crops

It may bring good soil for farmers to make new crops

Answer 6

they destroy their homes and business's

Answer 7

They all died from starvation