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2024 India–Bangladesh floods

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2024 India–Bangladesh floods
Flooded area along the river bank of the Kachua river at Chargula, Karimganj, Assam.
Flooded area along the river bank of the Kachua river at Chargula, Karimganj, Assam.
Date26 May 2024 – ongoing
LocationNortheastern Bangladesh
India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Meghalaya
CauseMonsoon rainfall
Outcome65,000 people evacuated
Deaths668+[a]
Non-fatal injuries412+[a]
Missing151+[a]
Displaced351,000+
7.7 million people impacted[1][2]

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

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Bangladesh

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June 18–19 Sylhet floods

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Flooding from prolonged heavy rains on 18–19 June inundated the Haor region in Northeastern Bangladesh, with Sylhet experiencing 242 mm of rainfall, and the Sunamganj district experiencing 223 mm, exceeding the monthly average for both.[3]

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, which included 23 Sylhet city wards as well as 1,548 villages in thirteen administrative divisions, affecting over 825,000 people directly. 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.[4] European Commission reports claimed that at least 15 people killed from landslides and 51,000 people displaced. It also noted that over half of the farmland and paddy fields in the Sylhet District were submerged.[3]

From 18 to 19 June 2024, heavy rainfall struck multiple refugee camps in Cox's Bazar in Southeastern Bangladesh, causing widespread flooding and at least 773 landslide incidents. At least ten 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]

August 21 Flash floods

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Main article: August 2024 Bangladesh floods

On August 21, 2024, heavy rainfall triggered flash floods in Bangladesh. Several Bangladeshi media outlets attributed the flooding to the alleged opening of the sluice gates of the Dumbur Dam on the Gumti river in Tripura, India. The following day, Nahid Islam, the advisor to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, also accused India of deliberately releasing water by opening the dam's gates.[5]

However, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs refuted these allegations. Ratan Lal Nath, the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Power, and Election in Tripura, clarified in a Facebook post on August 21 that the dam's gates had opened automatically due to unprecedented water levels in the reservoir. On August 22, Indian High Commissioner Pranay Kumar Verma contacted with Bangladesh's Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus to inform him that the gates had opened automatically due to the rising water levels.[5]

At least 1,800,000 people area ffected and death toll to rise to 3, inundating at least hundreds of villages in 6 districts.[6][7][8] On 23 August, it was reported that at least 23 people had died from flash flooding in eastern Bangladesh, and that over 4.5 million people were affected.[9]

India

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See also: 2024 Wayanad landslides
Flood affected house in Karimganj District, Assam, India

Heavy rainfall and flooding in June 2024 severely impacted Assam State in India, causing 109 deaths[10] 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.[11] Flooding also killed five people and injured 13 others in Manipur, where 100,000 people were affected.[12] Severe flooding also occurred in Sikkim and Meghalaya, with intense river flow destroying roads and bridges.[13]

For days, the swollen waters of the Brahmaputra river flooded Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, resulting in the tragic death of over 200 wild animals, including ten endangered rhinos, who drowned in the deluge.[14] Over 300,000 people were displaced due to their homes being submerged by heavy rain. Over 13 rivers were flowing above their "danger level," including the Brahmaputra River, putting over 2,000 island villages at risk of flooding. Overflowing of the river caused thirteen fishermen stranded for four days on an island in the Dibrugarh district to need rescue. In Arunachal Pradesh, several roads were destroyed by landfalls, stranding many villages and requiring army troops to rescue 70 students and teachers from a flooded school located in Changlang district. In addition, the Assam Rifles rescued 500 stranded civilians from other flooded areas.[13]

Flooding from 11-12 July killed 54 people and affected 1.8 million people in 923 villages in Uttar Pradesh.[15] In Himachal Pradesh, flooding and landslides killed 31 people and left 33 missing from 27 June to 16 August.[16]

Heavy rains also battered Kerala,[17] causing multiple landslides in Wayanad District which killed 420 people, injured 397 and left 118 missing.[18][19][20][21]

Since 19 August, floods in Tripura killed 26 people, injured two, destroyed or severely damaged 3,243 houses and partially damaged 17,046 others.[22]

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Including 420 deaths, 397 injuries and 118 missing from the 2024 Wayanad landslides.

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d "Bangladesh: Floods and Landslides - Jun 2024 | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2024-06-22. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  2. ^ "Hundreds of thousands stranded as floods hit India and Bangladesh". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b "Amid Rising Tensions, India Denies Opening Dam Gates, Attributes Bangladesh Floods to Heavy Downstream Rainfall". The Wire. 2024-08-22. Archived from the original on 2024-08-23. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  6. ^ "3 dead, 2 missing in flash floods; almost 3.6 million marooned". The Daily Star. 2024-08-22. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh floods maroon nearly three million people, kill two". Returns.
  8. ^ "Tripura dam didn't cause Bangladesh floods: India". the hindu.
  9. ^ "Hundreds of thousands stranded as floods hit India and Bangladesh". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  10. ^ "Assam flood situation improving as water level recedes". The Hindu. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Assam flood situation improves marginally; toll rises to 39". The Hindu. PTI. 2024-06-22. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  12. ^ "Manipur floods: 4 killed, 13 injured, over one lakh affected". Hindustan Times. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  13. ^ a b Sarkar, Alisha Rahaman (2024-07-02). "Air Force rescues 13 fishermen as floods in India's northeast kill 16 people". The Independent. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  14. ^ "Mitigating Perennial Floods In Assam: A Dream That May Never Come True". The Guwahati.
  15. ^ "54 people die in rain-related incidents in UP, rivers in spate". Hindustan Times. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  16. ^ "31 killed in 51 events of cloudburst, flash flood in HP since onset of monsoon". The Economic Times. 18 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  17. ^ "Torrential Rains Triggered Landslides". The Wire. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Post-mortems have been conducted on 420 bodies". business-standard. Retrieved 24 August 2024. Post-mortems have been conducted on 420 bodies, 178 bodies have been handed over to relatives, and 233 burials have taken place.
  19. ^ "Discharged from the hospitals-01". ndmindia.mha.gov.in. Retrieved 24 August 2024. 322 persons have been discharged from hospitals.
  20. ^ "Missing Person". ndmindia. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  21. ^ "Missing person count revised after DNA test". onmanorama. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  22. ^ "Tripura Floods: 1.17 lakh people in relief camps, death toll reaches 26". Northeast Now. 25 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
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