2007 in Bhutan - 2007 South Asian Floods, Bhutanese National Council Election, 2007-2008, A-Division 2007 (Paperback)

Chapters: 2007 South Asian Floods, Bhutanese National Council Election, 2007-2008, A-Division 2007. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 2007 South Asian floods were a series of floods in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. News Agencies, citing the Indian and Bangladeshi governments, place the death toll in excess of 2,000. By 3 August approximately twenty million had been displaced and by 10 August some 30 million people in India, Bangladesh and Nepal had been affected by flooding. UNICEF said that the situation "is being described as the worst flooding in living memory." South Asia subdivisions affected by flooding between July 3 and August 15, 2007 (marked in blue).B. P. Yadav of the Indian Meteorological Department reported that "we've been getting constant rainfall in these areas for nearly 20 days" due to abnormal monsoon patterns. Flooding in Pakistan began during the landfall of Cyclone 03B in June 2007. Pakistani states Balochistan and Sindh were particularly affected. Melting snow from the Himalayan glaciers increased the water levels of the Brahmaputra River. Divisions of Bangladesh affected by flooding between July 3 and August 15, 2007 (marked in blue). Districts of Bangladesh affected by flooding between July 3 and August 15, 2007 (marked in blue).By August 1, there was flooding on the Padma and Brahmaputra rivers. By August 3, the main highway connecting Dhaka to the rest of the country was impassable, many districts were flood-affected and 500,000 people had been marooned. By August 7 an estimated 7.5 million people had fled their homes. By August 8 more than 50,000 people had diarrhoea or other waterborne diseases and more than 400,000 people were in temporary shelters. By August 11, flood deaths were still occurri...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1259770