Areas Affected in Bangladesh
On 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 occurring in Bangladesh, the number of people with flood-related diseases was increasing and about 100,000 people had caught dysentery or diarrhoea. By August 13, the confirmed death toll in Bangladesh was 405.
By 15 August, five million people were still displaced, the estimated death toll was nearly 500, and all six of Bangladesh's divisions were affected.
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