Overall Green alert Flood for Bangladesh
in Bangladesh

Event summary

Flood Bangladesh can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1100652
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: Bangladesh
From - To 22 Oct - 26 Oct

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Southern Bangladesh, October 2020Days of heavy rain from 22 October 2020 caused flooding in southern Bangladesh. As of 24 October local media reported over 38,000 people affected (marooned) in Bagerhat District, Khulna Division. Bangladesh Red Cross said storm surge also caused some flooding issues along the south-western coast.Thu 22 Oct 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 22 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Vietnam’s flood woesWed, 28 Oct 2020 05:08:00 +0100.

“Everything happened right in front of my eyes, but I couldn’t save her,” he said by phone Thursday. “All I could do was scream.” Video from the scene in Thua Thien Hue province has ricocheted across social media, generating an outpouring o
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To tackle flash floods & issue advance warnings, IMD launches guidance ... Fri, 23 Oct 2020 23:08:00 +0200.

Data from World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) suggest that across the world, about 5,000 people die annually due to flash floods. (Representational) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday launched the South Asian Flash Floo
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She Was in Labor. Floodwaters Were Rising. Then the Boat Tipped Over. ... Fri, 23 Oct 2020 17:20:00 +0200.

HANOI, Vietnam — It was no time to travel, but when Nguyen Dac Minh’s wife went into labor, he put her on his motorbike and rode toward the hospital. Floodwaters that had killed scores across Vietnam were rising ominously around their villa
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She Was in Labor. Floodwaters Were Rising. Then the Boat Tipped Over.Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:38:00 +0200.

HANOI, Vietnam — It was no time to travel, but when Nguyen Dac Minh’s wife went into labor, he put her on his motorbike and rode toward the hospital. Floodwaters that had killed scores across Vietnam were rising ominously around their villa
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), WMO (1), INFORM (2),