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    The document discusses flooding that occurred in Bangladesh in 2007. [1] Unusually heavy monsoon rains intensified by a storm flooded over one-third of Chittagong by June 11th. [2] The causes of flooding included heavy monsoon rains, cyclones, lots of low-lying land, meltwater from the Himalayas, and heavy deforestation. [3] Bangladesh has taken short term responses like food aid and long term responses like building embankments and flood shelters to cope with frequent flooding.

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    The document discusses flooding that occurred in Bangladesh in 2007. [1] Unusually heavy monsoon rains intensified by a storm flooded over one-third of Chittagong by June 11th. [2] The causes of flooding included heavy monsoon rains, cyclones, lots of low-lying land, meltwater from the Himalayas, and heavy deforestation. [3] Bangladesh has taken short term responses like food aid and long term responses like building embankments and flood shelters to cope with frequent flooding.

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    The document discusses flooding that occurred in Bangladesh in 2007. [1] Unusually heavy monsoon rains intensified by a storm flooded over one-third of Chittagong by June 11th. [2] The causes of flooding included heavy monsoon rains, cyclones, lots of low-lying land, meltwater from the Himalayas, and heavy deforestation. [3] Bangladesh has taken short term responses like food aid and long term responses like building embankments and flood shelters to cope with frequent flooding.

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    Floods and Chaos

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    The document discusses flooding that occurred in Bangladesh in 2007. [1] Unusually heavy monsoon rains intensified by a storm flooded over one-third of Chittagong by June 11th. [2] The causes of flooding included heavy monsoon rains, cyclones, lots of low-lying land, meltwater from the Himalayas, and heavy deforestation. [3] Bangladesh has taken short term responses like food aid and long term responses like building embankments and flood shelters to cope with frequent flooding.

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    MADE BY

    YOUCEF
    AKRAM
    TALHA
    AHMED
    YASSIN

    Floods and chaos


    Bangladesh Floods

     Bangladesh's annual monsoon started with unusually heavy rain, intensified by a


    storm from the Bay of Bengal on June 9-10, 2007. By June 11, more than one-
    third of the southeastern coastal city of Chittagong was under water, reported
    the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
    What caused the flood in Bangladesh 2007?

    • Cyclones cause coastal flooding.


    • Lots of low-lying land.
    • Melt water from the Himalayas.
    • Heavy deforestation.
    • Heavy monsoon rains.
    • Increasing urban areas.
     Bangladesh's annual monsoon started with unusually heavy rain, intensified
    by a storm from the Bay of Bengal on June 9-10, 2007. In addition to the
    floods, the rains triggered devastating landslides in the deforested hills
    What has Bangladesh done to cope with
    flooding?

     Bangladesh is a very poor country and so has less money


    to spend on flood defenses than richer countries. Most
    people in Bangladesh do not earn enough to pay
    for insurance against flooding, so when there are
    floods they risk losing everything.
    Short term responses and long term responses

    Short-term responses to flooding


    • Food aid from the Government and other countries.
    • Water purification tablets.
    • People repaired embankments and helped to rescue people.
    • Free seed given to farmers.

    Long-term responses
    • Building embankments. Unfo
    r
    diffic tunately
    • Building raised flood shelters. u ,
    succ lt to pa many o
    es s fu y f
    • Introducing flood warning systems. l and for and these lo
    don' main ng-te
    • Emergency planning. t alw ta rm
    ays in. They respon
    help a s
    • Dams planned. enou re not a es are
    gh p lway
    • Reducing deforestation. eopl s
    e.
    •
    Causes of the disaster

    • The dam collapsed because of high rainfall.


    • The reservoir contained industrial waste material stored from a nearby bauxite factory.
    • The factory producing the waste may not have been properly maintained.
    •
     Impacts from the disaster
    • Nine people died, 120 were injured.
    • The chemicals released into the water killed fish and other wildlife.
    • The pH level of the mud was high enough to cause chemical burns.
    • Seven towns and around 7,000 people were affected.
    • The topsoil in agricultural areas was left contaminated.

    THE END

     This took a while to make by Youcef , Akram, Talha and we would love to tell that this is
    our hard work we did don’t make any judgements that are bad or offensive we tried
    our best we put our heart into this and we know or feel like we did good

    But anyways Thank you

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