EnvironmentThe Padma has dropped about 15cm in three days at Daulatpur in Kushtia, yet some 50,000 people remain marooned and more than 1,000 hectares of crops have been damaged.
EnvironmentThe Padma is running 74cm below danger level at Pabna, while 206 hectares of crops are under water in Chapainawabganj and 1,050 hectares in Daulatpur, Kushtia.
CropsFAO's preliminary assessment of the Bhote Koshi–Trishuli floods puts crop damage at about 1,800 hectares and production losses near 7,700 tonnes, with up to a tenth of local livestock lost.
EnvironmentAfter heavy loss of life in Nepal and Tibet, the question is whether a flood produced by three or four hours of rain can be forecast at all.
HealthPublic health expert Dr Mushtaq Hossain says the biggest problem in a flood is that there is water everywhere but none fit to drink.
