Overall Green alert Flood for Bangladesh
in Bangladesh

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

GDACS ID FL 1100541
Death: 67
Displaced: 56000
Countries: Bangladesh
From - To 28 Jun - 10 Jul

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Bangladesh, Mid July 2020Monsoon rainfall continues to hit Bangladesh, leaving at least 2,2 Million affected people in 18 Districts, as reported by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). According to media, the number of fatalities has reached 67 individuals. Thousands of people in low-lying areas are witnessing flood or landslide events. Approximately 56,000 people have been displaced to 1,086 flood shelters across 18 Districts. Road communication in some areas has been damaged by flood waters, isolating several sub-districts.Fri 10 Jul 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
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Latest media headlines

US announces assistance for Bangladesh flood victims 7/24/2020 3:21:00 PM.

DHAKA, July 24, 2020 – United States Ambassador to Bangladesh, Earl Miller has announced the US government’s assistance to vulnerable families in flooded parts of northern Bangladesh who have lost their homes or livelihoods. “As we have bee
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'A critical situation': Bangladesh in crisis as monsoon floods follow .. 7/24/2020 8:09:00 AM.

© Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters. Bangladesh could be plunged into a humanitarian crisis as it undergoes the most prolonged monsoon flooding in decades while it is still recovering from the effects of De
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'A critical situation': Bangladesh in crisis as monsoon floods follow .. 7/24/2020 7:36:00 AM.

He said incomes had already been hit by the government’s closure of 25 state-owned jute mills, mostly in northern areas that have been flooded, and by the Covid-19 pandemic. “The country has been locked down for four months and that has had
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PM opens country’s largest rehab scheme in Cox’s Bazar 7/24/2020 5:29:00 AM.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the country’s largest rehabilitation project in Cox’s Bazar, which will make new abode for 4,409 families of climate refugees. The prime minister opened the landmark ‘Khurushkul Ashrayan Prokalpa
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),