UNDRO 86/2512
BANGLADESH - FLOODS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
30 SEPTEMBER 1986

SITUATION

1. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS SERIOUS FLOODING CAUSED BY INCESSANT RAIN DURING LAST FOUR DAYS THROUGHOUT COUNTRY. SOUTH-WESTERN DISTRICTS OF KHULNA, BAGERHAT, SATHKHIRA, PATHUAKHALI AND BARGUNA ARE REPORTED TO BE MAJOR AFFECTED AREAS AND ARE STILL UNDER RAIN WATER.

2. 3 PERSONS REPORTED KILLED AND 200,000 RENDERED HOMELESS.

NATIONAL RESPONSE

3. GOVERNMENT HAS OPENED TEMPORARY SHELTERS AND INTENSIFIED RELIEF OPERATIONS. SITUATION GRADUALLY IMPROVING AND SEEMS UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL.

4. NO INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN REQUESTED.

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UNDRO 86/2635

BANGLADESH - FLOODS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
10 OCTOBER 1986

UNDRO/UNDP REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS FOLLOWING UPDATE:

1. APPROX 3.4 MILLION PEOPLE AFFECTED BY FLOODING OF 2,890 SQ. MILES IN 25 DISTRICTS. 30 TOTAL DEATHS REPORTED, MOSTLY DUE TO DROWNING OR INJURY FROM COLLAPSED HOUSES.

HEALTH SITUATION UNDER GOVT CONTROL AND NO EPIDEMIC HAS BROKEN OUT. EMERGENCY MEDICAL TEAMS DEPLOYED IN EVERY DISTRICT. ESSENTIAL DRUGS SUCH AS ANTI-DIARRHOEALS, ORS, FIRST-AID EQUIPMENT AND WATER-PURIFYING TABLETS SUPPLIED.

CROPS DAMAGED IN APPROX 1.3 MILLION ACRES, MAINLY IN GREATER DISTRICTS OF KHULNA, JESSORE AND FARIDPUR, BUT WILL NOT CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL SHORTFALL IN OVERALL AMAN PADDY PRODUCTION AS FORECAST EARLIER. PRESENT GOVT FOODGRAIN STOCK SITUATION COMFORTABLE.

RAIN WATER SLOWLY RECEDING. OVERALL SITAUTION IMPROVING AND RETURNING TO NORMAL. ALL RIVERS PRESENTLY FLOWING BELOW DANGER LEVEL EXCEPT OF KHOWAI BUT NO FLOODING HAS OCCURED OR ANTICIPATED. RELIEF OPERATIONS CONTINUE.

2. GOVT HAS NOT APPEALED FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

3. UNLESS SITUATION DETERIOTATES, THIS IS FINAL INFORMATION REPORT.

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