BANGLADESH- Latest Monitoring Updates 23rd November 2007
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- Category four storm, with winds of up to 250 kph, struckinto the southwestern coast of Bangladesh on 15 November killing over 3,000 people and leaving millions homeless.
- Of the country's 64 districts, 15 were affected, 11 of them badly.
- On 21st November the bristish Red Cross reported that early assessments indicate that nearly 500,000 homes have been completely destroyed and around 2.7 million people have been directly affected by the cyclone.
- On 22nd November Xinhua reported that the Bangladeshi government has launched a plan for rehabilitating the cyclone-affected farmers, as a public bank will allocate a total of 2.55 billion taka (about 36.4 million U.S. dollars) in credits for the victims.
- On 22nd November AFP reported that the United Nations has granted a further six million dollars in aid to Bangladesh, taking its total assistance to the cyclone-stricken country to 15 million dollars, the UN's humanitarian affairs office said Thursday.
- AFP also reported that two US navy ships carrying more than 40 helicopters are expected to arrive in the affected area within days to help support Bangladesh's military-led relief effort.
- On 22nd November OCHA reported the following issues:
- The recovery of storm-tossed ferries and pontoons trapped on river islands is continuing with the help of the Bangladesh military.
- Already a number of ferries, pontoons and gangways have been retrieved.
- Power supply has been restored in 48 out of the 56 affected sub-districts.
- Telephone land lines remain down in nine sub-districts in the area, but the mobile phone network has largely been restored.
- To date the government has said it had promises of US$390 million in international assistance, much of it a $250 million pledge from the World Bank
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Type of document : Update
Country : BD BGD 050 Bangladesh, People's Republic of
Publication date 2007-Nov-23
Type of document : Update
Country : BD BGD 050 Bangladesh, People's Republic of
Publication date 2007-Nov-23
