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Flooding in Bangladesh

Days of heavy rain at the beginning of monsoon season caused widespread flooding in North Eastern Bangladesh, leaving millions stranded and vast areas affected.

The country's Flood Forecasting and Warning Center reported major rivers in the two northeastern districts of Sylhet and Sunamganj to be swollen to dangerously high levels because of heavy downpours.

The government deployed members of the armed forces across the region to speed up flood rescue and relief efforts. The flooding came shortly after a pre-monsoon flood that badly affected the same northeastern region just a month previously, submerging 70% of Sylhet and 60% of neighboring Sunamganj, leaving at least 10 people dead and more than 2 million stranded.

Location of Event:Bangladesh
Date of Charter Activation:2022-06-17
Time of Charter Activation:21:49
Time zone of Charter Activation:UTC+02:00
Charter Requestor:UNITAR on behalf of United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) | Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Activation ID:762
Project Management:UNITAR

 

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Preliminary satellite-derived flood assessment as of 15-22 July 2022 in Bangladesh

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Source: Sentinel-1
Acquired: SENTINEL_1A: 20/07/2022, 15/07/2022 and 22/08/2022

Category: Dossier

Copyright: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2022)
Maps produced by United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT)

Bangladesh, Chhatak - Impact map

Source: Pleiades
Acquired: 24/06/2022

Category: Grading Map

Copyright: Includes Pleiades material © CNES (2022), Distribution Airbus DS.
Map produced by ICube-SERTIT

Preliminary satellite derived flood assessment in Bangladesh
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Source: Sentinel-1
Acquired: 18/06/2022 and 21/06/2022

Category: Dossier

Copyright: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2022)
Map prepared by UNITAR / UNOSAT

Satellite detected water extent over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Mymensingh and Khulna Divisions of Bangladesh

Source: Sentinel-1
Acquired: 21/06/2022

Category: Delineation Map

Copyright: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2022)
Map produced by UNITAR / UNOSAT

Satellite detected water extent and impact over Sylhet and Sunamganj Districts, Sylhet Division of Bangladesh

Source: RCM-1
Acquired: 18/06/2022

Category: Reference Map

Copyright: RADARSAT Constellation Mission Imagery © Government of Canada (2022) - RADARSAT is an official mark of the Canadian Space Agency
Map produced by UNITAR / UNOSAT

Satellite detected water extent and impact over Sylhet, Mymensingh, Dhaka, and Chattogram Divisions of Bangladesh

Source: RCM
Acquired: 18/06/2022 and 19/06/2022

Category: Grading Map

Copyright: RADARSAT Constellation Mission Imagery © Government of Canada (2022) - RADARSAT is an official mark of the Canadian Space Agency
Map produced by UNITAR / UNOSAT

Satellite detected water extent over Sylhet, Mymensingh, Dhaka, and Chattogram Divisions, Bangladesh

Source: RCM
Acquired: 18/06/2022 and 19/06/2022

Category: Delineation Map

Copyright: RADARSAT Constellation Mission Imagery © Government of Canada (2022) - RADARSAT is an official mark of the Canadian Space Agency
Map produced by UNITAR / UNOSAT

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