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Bangladesh: Floods and Landslides Emergency appeal n° MDRBD010 Operation update n°2

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Period covered by this Operation Update: 11 September to 4 November 2012

Appeal target (current): CHF 1,753,139 Appeal coverage: To date, the appeal is 65 per cent covered in cash and kind; and 88 per cent covered including contributions currently in the pipeline.

Appeal history:

• This Emergency Appeal was launched on 8 August 2012 for CHF 1,747,798 to support Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) to assist 9,500 families (47,500 beneficiaries) for 10 months. This operation will continue until June 2013. A Final Report will be available by 7 September 2013.

• On 4 July, CHF 241,041 was allocated from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC’s) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) in delivering immediate assistance to 5,000 families (25,000 beneficiaries) in eight districts: Bandarban, Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Sylhet, Sunamganj, Kurigram, Gaibandha and Jamalpur.

Operation update 1 covering period 4 July to 10 September 2012 which was published on 20 September 2012 can be accessed here.

Summary

Torrential rain starting from 23 June 2012 resulted in floods and landslides, claiming lives and causing the destruction of homesteads and significantly affecting ten districts in the country’s northern and south-eastern parts. Initially, the districts of Bandarban, Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Sylhet, Sunamganj, Kurigram, Gaibandha and Jamalpur were the most affected.

Government statistics on 31 July 2012 reported 131 deaths (125 in the country’s north-east and south-eastern hilly regions and six in the northern districts of the country). The government’s Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Office (DRRO) dated 7 July reported that a total of 1,029,695 families were affected across 74 upazilas (subdistricts). On July 31, Disaster Management Information Centre (DMIC) reported that 352,750 families have been affected across ten districts.