2019 is full of natural and man-made disasters in Bangladesh. This year a major Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani stricken Bangladesh. Numerous Lightning strikes and storms bettered the rural communities. Many loos of lives are counted for natural disasters. Many fire incidents took the lives of more than 200.
February, 2019
Temperature below 8.2 C , Fire killed 85 Ligtning killed 15
in February 2019 The lowest temperatures of these months were 8.2°C, 8.4°C, 8.9°C, 9.3°C, 8.2°C and 8.4°C in Jashore, Panchagarh, Rajshahi, Moulvibazar, Rajshahi & Chuadanga .16 incidents of fire which killed 85 persons .a boat was capsized in the mid of Bay of Bengal with 20 crews on February 4. Five persons were rescued alive by the Coast Guard and one person was dead but the other 14 crews were missing. 14 incidents in 13 districts was another devastating hazard of February 2019 killed 15
persons and injured three persons
March, 2019
Fire killed 37 Ligtning killed 13
24 incidents of fire in March 2019, which killed 37 persons and injured 143 persons .Another devastating incident took place in Gulshan, Dhaka on March 30, which burnt over 200 shops .Boat capsize took place in five districts in March, 2019 which killed 15 persons . nine incidents of lightning in March, 2019 which killed 13 persons and injured five persons .15 districts,were affected
by eight incidents of storm in March 2019 . Six districts, i.e. Dhaka, Manikganj, Jashore, Chuadanga, Shariatpur and Kushtia were affected by eight incidents of nor’ wester on March 31, 2019 which killed six persons and injured two persons .
April, 2019
Nor’wester in seven district
38 incidents of fire in April 2019, which killed eight persons and injured 30 persons . Lightning took place in nine districts, with 11 incidents that killed 15 .
In Taltali Upazila of Barguna on April 06, 2019; the ceiling of a government primary school collapsed which killed a student of third-grade . two incidents of boat capsize in April, 2019 which killed two persons and injured 14 persons
Nor’wester took place in seven districts, in April, 2019 which killed three persons and one person was missing. The most devastating incident took place in Joypurhat on April 02, 2019 which damaged 460 houses.
May, 2019
Cyclone “FANI”
Cyclone “FANI” killed 10 persons, injured 833 persons, killed 175 domestic animals, damaged 2,363 houses fully and 18,670 houses partially, damaged crop of 1,830 acres fully and1,53,832 acres partially, damaged 21.95 Km of the embankment at 240 places, inundated 59 villages, damaged 129 electric poles and disrupted electricity supply to 81,06,500 households. The estimated overall loss of BDT 536.61 core have been reported due to cyclone “FANI .
20 incidents of fire in May 2019, which killed nine persons and injured 13 persons along with estimated loss of BDT 1 crore .five incidents of wild animal attack in May, 2019 which killed three persons and injured two persons. Four of the attacks were from wild elephants in Chattogram . Lightning took place17 incidents in May, 2019 which killed 26 persons .Nor’wester took place in seven districts,which killed six persons and injured 43 persons
June, 2019
Lightning Killed 68 Person & Train Accident
Lightning took place in 32 districts with 59 incidents in June, 2019 which killed 68 persons, injured 56 persons .19 districts faced 33 incidents of fire in June 2019, which killed one person and injured 37 persons.Nor’wester took place in two districts .
In Kulaura, Moulvibazar on June 23, 2019, Upaban Express train was coming from Sylhet to Dhaka, and five buggies of it veered off the tracks around 11:40pm. In this incident, eight persons were killed and 250 persons injured.
Six districts i.e. Narayanganj, Habiganj, Chattogram, Dhaka and Dinajpur faced waterlogging due to heavy rainfall on June 03, 05, 16, 21 and 27, 2019 respectively.Six districts five incidents of flash flood in June 2019, which killed one person, flooded 52 villages.
An incident of landslide took place in Rangamati on June 02, 2019 in which three persons killed and one person injured. 11 persons were digging mud for construction while they were buried in the udden slide of mud.
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