Rapports

OCHA/GVA - 99/0082 Bangladesh - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 2 13 July 1999 General Situation 1. The Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Dhaka reports that most of the rivers, especially in the upstream points of all four basins, have…

The Disaster Countrywide incessant rainfall in the 36 hours between 0600 hours on 10 July and 1800 hours on 11 July, measuring as much as 358 mm in Chandpur, and 239 mm in Madaripur, has further aggravated the flood situation…

DHAKA, July 12 (Reuters) - Bangladesh is bracing for widespread floods due to heavy rains that have swelled rivers throughout the country and forced one through an embankment, a government minister said on Monday. "The Gomti river washed away part of…

Dhaka, Bangladesh, 12 July 1999 - The overall flood situation in the country deteriorated further on Sunday as heavy downpours and onrush of waters from upstream inundated vast low-lying areas. With all four major river systems on the rise, floods in…

DHAKA (July 9) XINHUA - The Bangladeshi government is considering some food security strategies to do away with continued dependence on the food import, the Daily Star newspaper reported Friday. The strategies include keeping the public sector food reserve at one…

Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 8, 1999 - Across Bangladesh hundreds of families have been rendered homeless because of soil erosion and rising water levels in almost all major rivers coupled with incessant rains. Strong currents in the rivers Padma, Jamuna and…

By Ruth Nabakwe, PANA Correspondent GENEVA, Switzerland (PANA, 07/07/99) - Application of improved housing construction technologies could serve to minimise vulnerability of buildings, infrastructure and services in human settlements, the chief of Habitat, Lars Ludvigsen, said Wednesday. He expressed concern that…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 99/0078 Bangladesh - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 1 7 July 1999 General Situation 1. The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Dhaka reports that the monsoon in Bangladesh started early this year on 7 June, and has been fairly…

DHAKA (July 6) XINHUA - One-fifth of Bangladesh is flooded during the monsoon season from mid-June to September in normal years but that is not called a flood yet, experts said here Tuesday. Considering Bangladesh's topography, there is a flood…

Bangladesh 1/99 Geneva, July 6, 1999 Dear Friends, ACT member Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS) Bangladesh submits the following situation report as at 4th July, 1999. As the monsoon is active over the country, almost all the rivers in the Brahmaputra, Ganges and…