NATURAL DISASTERS

Bangladesh is very prone to natural disasters. Every year she is affected by various common natural disasters like floods, cyclones, tidal-bores, droughts etc.

Floods:

Flood is a common natural calamity in Bangladesh. Almost every year Bangladesh suffers from flood. Flood causes a big loss of our life, property and crops. It washes away villages, roads and even peoples houses. Many human lives are lost. All the communication is suspended. People become homeless. They take shelter on the high roads, schools and colleges.

The after affected of flood are more dangerous. After flood epidemic and famine break out. The areas affected by flood become muddy and unhealthy. There is scarcity of pure drinking water. The price of  all daily necessities go up.

Floods do some good to us. It makes our lands fertile by depositing silt. It washes away filth and dirt.

Cyclone:

Natural disasters are very common in Bangladesh due to her peculiar geography. The funnel shapped coast helps cyclones which are formed in the Bay of Bengal to land in Bangladesh. Cyclone is the most devastating form which causes serious harm in our country. Some of the most destructive cyclones of the last century were those of 1970, 1985 and 1991. Recently, on 15 November of 2007, a violent cyclone named SIDR affected Bangladesh. It was stronger than all other previous cyclones in Bangladesh.