- Title: BANGLADESH: FLOODS IN BANGLADESH MAROON 3 MILLION AND DEATH TOLL RISES TO 13
- Date: 10th July 2004
- Summary: SYLHET, BANGLADESH (JULY 10, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV OF SWOLLEN RIVER WITH PARTIALLY SUBMERGED HOUSES 0.06 2. LV SUBMERGED HOUSES 0.08 3. PAN OF ISLETS 0.21 4. SV RIVER WATERS RUSHING UNDER BRIDGE 0.26 5. SLV OF BRIDGE 0.30 6. GV OF FLOOD WATERS WITH PEOPLE IN BOAT 0.36 7. LV HOUSES AND FLOOD WATER 0.41 8. LV OF RUSHING WATER (2 SHOTS) 0.57 9. LV OF BOYS ON RAFT 1.06 10. SV OF YOUNG BOY ON RAFT 1.13 11. SLV PEOPLE LEAVING AREA 1.21 12. SV WATER RUSHING THROUGH TREES 1.27 13. SLV OF PEOPLE LEAVING ACROSS PARTIALLY SUBMERGED BRIDGE 1.38 14. CU OF BRIDGE 1.43 15. SLV OF BRIDGE / PAN TO RUSHING WATER 1.54 16. LV OF PEOPLE WITH UMBRELLAS IN BOAT 2.00 17. SV FROM FRONT OF BOAT 2.07 18. SLV PEOPLE OUTSIDE PARTIALLY SUBMERGED HOUSE 2.09 19. SLV WOMEN OUTSIDE PARTIALLY SUBMERGED HOUSE 2.14 20. CLOSE OF OLD WOMAN SITTING OUTSIDE HOUSE 2.19 21. SV INTAZUR RAHMAN CARRYING CHILD ON HIS SHOULDERS THROUGH THE WATER WITH SUBMERGED HOUSE IN BACKGROUND 2.22 22. SV/CU CHILD AND INTAZUR RAHMAN BEING HELPED ONTO BOAT (2 SHOTS) 2.34 23. SLV OF BOAT WITH WOMEN OUTSIDE FLOODED HOUSE / BOAT MOVES AWAY 2.41 24. MCU (Bengali) INTAZUR RAHMAN SAYING: "For the last three days water has been pouring into our village. We stayed here - we couldn't move - we had to endure the conditions. Now I have managed to find a boat and am taking my family to a safe place." 2.54 25. SLV/LV OF PEOPLE IN BOATS/SUBMERGED HOUSES (2 SHOTS) 3.04 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: SYLHET, BANGLADESH
- Country: Bangladesh
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- Story Text: Floods in Bangladesh maroon 3 million and death toll
rises to 13.
Incessant rain swelled flood waters that have
covered large areas of Bangladesh, hampering efforts on
Sunday (July 11) to rescue three million people marooned by
rising waters and raising the death toll to 13.
Two children died after they were bitten by snakes
floating in the roiling waters in northern Kurigram area,
officials said.
The northeastern town of Sylhet at the centre of the
worst-hit district lay under 60 cms (two feet) of water and
neighbouring Sunamganj district was inundated by the Surma
and Kushiara rivers, local officials said.
Road links between Sylhet and Sunamganj were severed
and the railway between Sylhet and Akhaura was threatened
by the floods.
More rain was forecast in the next few days and could
flood areas around the capital, Dhaka, weather officials
said.
Floods now covered nearly 20 of the 64 administrative
districts of Bangladesh, leaving up to 3 million people
marooned, disaster management officials said.
Thousands of families had sought refuge on roads and
embankments as well as in schools, government buildings and
boats after the floods forced them to abandon homes.
"For the last three days water has been pouring into
our village. We stayed here - we couldn't move - we had to
endure the conditions. Now I have managed to find a boat
and am taking my family to a safe place." Intazur Rahman
told Reuters on Saturday (July 10).
Relief and rescue operations have yet to start in many areas.
"We have enough relief goods but it is difficult to
reach people in remote villages due to bad weather and a
shortage of boats," said relief official M. Mostafa Kamal.
Most of Bangladesh sits astride the deltas of a series
of large rivers flowing from the Himalayas and about a
third of the country floods every year during the monsoon.
Many people are landless and are forced to live and farm on
flood-prone land.
Floods kill hundreds and make thousands homeless every
year.
Most rivers including the Jamuna, Brahmaputra, Meghna
and Padma were above danger levels. Officials said some had
burst their banks while others were poised to do so.
Chittagong port authorities on Saturday asked ships not
to enter a flooded channel in the Bay of Bengal. Ships
could be in danger because of turbulence in the Karnaphuli
river channel.
Agriculture officials said it was too early to assess
damage to crops.
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