2024 India-Bangladesh floods

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2024 India-Bangladesh floods
DateJune 2024
CauseMonsoon rainfall
Outcome65,000 people evacuated
Deaths54+
Displaced51,000+
2.5 million people impacted

Heavy rainfall during the 2024 monsoon season resulted in severe flooding and landslides across several regions of India and Bangladesh. Rainfall in June caused significant flooding in Eastern Bangladesh and Assam State in India.[1]

Events

Bangladesh

June 18–19 Sylhet floods

Flooding from prolonged heavy rains on 18–19 June flooded the northeast Haor region of Bangladesh, with the Sylhet and Sunamganj districts experiencing 242 mm and 223 mm of rainfall respectively, exceeding the monthly average for both.[2]

The resulting flash floods and landslides affected at least 2.1 million people throughout Bangladesh, requiring nearly 30,000 people to evacuate to shelter centers. In Northeast Bangladesh, several displaced families were observed wandering for shelter. Nearly 75% of the area of Sylhet District was flooded, including 23 Sylhet city wards and 1,548 villages in 13 Upazilas, directly affecting over 825,000 people. In Sunamganj District, flooding affected at least 560,000 people.[1] UNICEF reports stated that 772,000 children, were affected by flash flooding in Bangladesh's Northeastern regions.[3] European Commission reports claimed that at least 15 people killed from landslides and 51,000 people displaced. It also noted that more than half of the crops and paddy fields in the Sylhet District were submerged.[2]

On 18 and 19 June 2024, heavy rainfall struck refugee camps in Cox's Bazar in Southeastern Bangladesh, causing widespread flooding and at least 773 landslide incidents. At least 10 people died, seven of whom were Rohingya refugees, while nearly 8,000 people across 1,200 different shelters in 33 refugee camps were also affected.[1]

India

Heavy rainfall and flooding in June 2024 severely impacted Assam State in India, causing Assam's yearly rain-related death toll to rise to 39 deaths and inundating at least 1,325 villages in 19 districts, exacerbated by several rivers such as the Kopili, Barak, and Kushiyara overflowing. At least 400,000 people were impacted and 14,000 displaced, with the Karimganj, Darrang and Tamulpur districts being the worst hit.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bangladesh: Floods and Landslides - Jun 2024 | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2024-06-22. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  2. ^ a b "Bangladesh, India - Flash floods and landslides (DG ECHO Partners, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), Media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 June 2024) - Bangladesh | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2024-06-21. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  3. ^ "Over 772,000 children are affected by flash floods in North-East Bangladesh [EN/BN] - Bangladesh | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2024-06-22. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  4. ^ PTI (2024-06-22). "Assam flood situation improves marginally; toll rises to 39". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
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