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2020 Cyclone & floods in Bangladesh: Ongoing Emergency Response & Recovery Review Report

Pays
Bangladesh
Sources
Humanitarian Leadership Academy
Date de publication

Executive Summary

In 2020, in Bangladesh, COVID-19, cyclone Amphan, and monsoon flooding had collided to create complex crises, which were further aggravated by capricisouain, ts climatic behaviour - repeated heavy tidal surge and floods. Extreme rain left a third of the country inundated - the worst impacts seen in a decade and the longest lastinh flooding since 1988. Addition to the reeling economies of the country made by the COVID-19, the climatic disasters caused an estimated loss and damage totalling around 832 million USD (cyclone Amphan at 130 million USD, monsoon flood 702 million USD) which includes impacts on electricity grids, schools, bridges, embankments, roads, drinking water sources, and local administration and community infrastructures.