All abouts floods, Such as definition of floods, floods types, Causes of flood, Some Terrible Floods in Bangladesh, effects of floods, Steps to reduce flood, Preparation to Management of flood.

1. Welcome to our Presentation
On
Floods in Bangladesh

2. Md. Hanif Bhuian
Department of Geography & Environment
Jagannath University
Dhaka, Bangladesh

3. Natural Disasters of Bangladesh

4. Flood
 A flood is over flow of water that submerges
land which is usually dry.
Source: http://njb.nl/blog/een-rechtszaak-uit-liefde.10596.lynkx

5. Types of Flood
Flash flood Monsoon flood
River flood Tidal Flood

6. Causes of flood
-- Increase river water
-- Field covered by over-flow of water
Heavy rainfall
Dam failure
-- Suddenly broke river dam,
which becoming flooded.

7. Causes of flood
Siltation
-- decrease the density of river.
-- water level will up-coming
day by day.
Snow melting
-- Ice melting
-- rise in sea level and becoming
flooding.

8. Some Terrible Floods in Bangladesh
In 1974: 2000 people died,58% Region was
flooded. Famine come after the flood and more than
30 thousand people was dead of starvation .
In 1984: 52% areas was flooded.
In 1987: 50% areas was flooded more than 2055
people was dead.
In 1988: 61% area was flooded, 40lac people lost
their house, and about 2000 to 6500 people was dead.
In 1998: 53% area was flooded and about 1,100
people was dead.
In 2004: 38% area was flooded and 3.8 million
people was disrupted.
Source:
http://www.jeeon.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=912&Itemid
=475

9. Effects of Flood
-- Crisis of drinking water
-- Damage crops

10. Effects of Flood
-- Trees uprooted.
-- People become shelter less.

11. Effects of Flood
Agriculture field Road
-- Agriculture fields will go under Water
-- Roads will go under Water
-- And it affected people, children by many water
disease(ex-Diarrhoea, Cholera etc)

12. Steps to reduce flood
By dredging river beds
By digging canals
By creating embankments

13. Preparation to Management of flood
Before flood
Collected Dry food
Saving money
Conscious about current news about flood
At the time of flood
Should be go nearest shelter centre
Drink pure water and orsalain
Eat dry food
After flood
Repair Disrupted house
Don’t use flooding water
Conscious for government and other NGOs help

14. Flood Prone areas
Source: http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/Bangladesh.html

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