Hazard Incidents in , May 2017

Overview of Hazard Incidents in May 2017 May 2017 was a hazardous month with flash flood, hailstorm, fire, nor’wester and cyclonic storm occurring at various parts of the country. The flash flood, which started in March 28, continued in May severely affected the north- eastern districts in this month. This flash flood destroyed standing boro crop in the fields, livestock and fisheries in the six hoar districts, namely, , , Netrokona, , Kishoreganj and . Different parts of the country experienced hailstorm, fire and nor’wester occurred in different districts during this month. Then, near the end of the month (May 30), the Cyclonic Storm Mora stuck the southeast region affecting some 16 districts – namely, Cox’s Bazar, , Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Feni, , Pirojpur, , , Jhalkati, , , Shatkhira, Bagerhat and . Responding to the Great Danger signal for Cyclonic Strom Mora some 477,669 people were evacuated to 2,998 shelters in these affected districts.

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Description of the Incidents in May 2017 Flash Flood Rising water from heavy rainfalls overflowed and breeched embankment in many places and inundated vast areas of croplands in the last week of March (28th March). It led to flash flood affecting six districts (Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Sunamganj, Habiganj, Netrokona and Kishoreganj) in the northeast region that continued during May. It affected about one third of the households of the districts and destroyed nearly-ready-for-harvesting boro rice in about 404,713 hectors areas. The affected households also suffered due to loss of fisheries and domestic animals and birds, as well, many households have lost their houses (fully or partially). -Wise Damages and Loss database of six affected districts received through D-From on 11 May 2017 are given in Annex- 1.

Detailed impact Scenario of flash flood in May is given below tables: Table 01: Brief Damage Information of six districts affected by Flash Flood Name of Name No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of Damaged Damaged No. of District of Union Affected Affected Affected Affected Crops Crops Affected Upazila Union Household Population House (Hactor) (Amount) Farmers Habiganj 8 77 65 87,880 439,400 1,746 56,560 4,751,040,000 87,880 Kishoreganj 13 108 61 152,481 609,924 0 61,207 8,642,428,400 152,481 Sunamganj 11 87 87 325,990 1,599,950 18,969 131,285 13,128,500,000 315,084 Sylhet 13 105 105 212,520 850,080 20 64,438 3,843,749,000 105,353 Moulvibazar 7 67 61 85,354 424,775 7,302 21,513 1,175,041 49,193 Netrokona 10 86 71 167,180 743,494 0 69,710 33,937,470 167,180 Total 62 530 450 1,031,405 4,667,623 28,037 404,713 30,400,829,911 877,171 Source: D Form, shared by DDM on 11th April 2017, HCTT Coordinated Needs Assessment Report, May, 2017 Fire Fire occurred in Teknaf under on the 8th May; some 23 houses were burnt injuring 3 people due to a fire incident.

Table 02: Loss and impacts of Fire in May 2017 Location Date Impact Source Remark District Upazila/ Thana Cox’s Teknaf 23 houses were burned The Daily 2 units of FSCD controlled the fire May Bazar and 3 people were Samakal through 2 hour’s effort. The injured 08 injured. May 09,2017 admitted in Teknaf Health Complex. Hailstorm According to Daily Star’s report on May 07, hailstorm damaged 300 houses in Kulaura and of .

Table 03: Loss and impacts of Hailstorm in May 2017 Location Date Impact Source Remark District Upazila/ Thana May Moulvibazar Kulaura, 300 houses as well, standing The Daily Star Palli Bidyut Samity reinstalled 06 Kamalganj crop of Boro were damaged; May 07, 2017 the electric polls and restored also, many trees uprooted power supply in Kamalganj and electric poles collapsed. and Kulaura yesterday noon.

Nor’wester On May 08, a madrasa building were blown away due to nor’wester in Phulbaria upazila of Mymensing. Gobindaganj of also affected by storm on May 10.

Table 04: Loss and impacts of storm in May 2017 Location Date Impact Source Remark District Upazila/ Thana Mymensing Phulbaria Madrasa Building was The Daily Star 40 students of Achhim Talimul Millat May blown away; 4 rooms May 09, 2017 Dakhil Madrasa in Phulbaria upazila sat 08 and 25 benches were for their half-yearly examinations under

damaged. the open sky while the storm took place. Damaging a No. of The Daily Star A roadside big tree was uprooted and fell May houses and uprooting 11 May,2017 across the highway disrupting road Gaibandha Gobindaganj 10 trees and electric communication between Gobindaganj- poles. roads. Cyclonic Storm MORA Depression on the 28th May 2017 over southeast and adjoining central region of the Bay of strengthen into severe Cyclonic Storm Mora. It moved northwards and crossed Cox’s Bazar – Chittagong coast near Kutubdia during 06 am to 12 pm on 30 may, 2017. Then it became weaken gradually and remained over Rangamati region and adjoining area as a land deep depression. At the time of landfall, it has a sustained wind speed of 117 kmph rising to 146 kmph in gust. From NDRCC report of May 31, 2017, overall impact scenario of Cyclonic Storm Mora is given in the following table. Although detailed information are not collected yet as the information collection process is not completed yet.

Table 05: Loss and impacts of Cyclonic Storm MORA in May 2017 No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of Affected No. No. of No. of No. of Districts Affected Affected Affected Affected households of Evacuated Injured Shelter Unions families Population Fully Partially Death People Chittagong 13 106 14,250 2,756 2,596 538 125,820 Cox’s 8 52,539 262,695 17,023 35,516 4 60 296 159,600 Bazar Noakhali ------312 35,000 Laxmipur ------102 8,924 Feni ------88 250 Bhola ------73 20,000 Barisal ------Barguna ------335 20,000 Patuakhali ------331 20,205 Khulna ------193 10,000 Bagerhat ------234 34,000 Shatkhira - - 450 1,800 450 - - 159 16,700 Chandpur ------99 8,730 Pirojpur - - 1,500 7,500 - 10 - - 193 16,740 Rangamati 20 - - - 150 1,027 2 1 - - Total 31 106 54,489 286,245 19,929 39,599 6 61 2,998 477,669 Source: Impact and Allocation on Cyclonic Storm MORA of May 30, 2017, NDRCC Report, May 31, 2017 GOB Responses in May 2017

Response in Flash Flood: The Government of Bangladesh has targeted 330,000 (of the total 850,088) households to provide assistance. The support include mainly GR (rice and cash), VGF, cash through Employment Generation Program for Poorest scheme and C. I. sheet and cash for housing. In addition, the government assistance included special cash grant under VGF. Details of the assistance is are in the table below: Table 06: GoB allocation for the affected people in Flash Flood, May 2017 Districts No of GR VGF EGPP C. I. Cash for families Rice Cash (BDT) Rice Cash as No of Cash (BDT) Sheet housing (till July) (MT) (MT) special grant beneficiaries (Bundle) (BDT) (BDT) Sunamganj 150,000 1,450 8,500,000 14,700 225,000,000 13,925 124,927,436 200 600,000 Sylhet 50,000 428 2,437,000 4,900 75,000,000 19,787 177,407,937 - - Netrokona 50,000 648 4,240,000 4,900 75,000,000 16,108 144,860,128 - - Kishoreganj 50,000 652 3,870,000 4,900 75,000,000 17,387 156,243,338 - - Habiganj 29,000 403 1,400,000 2,842 42,500,000 12,670 113,534,043 100 300,000 Moulvibazar 1,000 343 1,450,000 98 1,500,000 11,570 103,727,807 - - Total 330,000 3,924 21,897,000 32,340 495,000,000 91,447 820,700,689 300 900,000 Source: DDM Report on Damage Information and Relief Distribution on Flash Flood, May 28, 2017 Response in Cyclonic Storm MORA: The Government allocated assistance immediately to the Cyclonic Storm Mora affected people that include cash grant and food aid. DDM report on Government response is given below: Table 07: GoB allocation for the affected people in Cyclonic Storm Mora, May 2017 GR Cash (BDT) GR Rice (MT) C. I. Sheet Cash for housing Districts Allocated Distributed Allocated Distributed (Boundle) (BDT) Chittagong 1,500,000 - 200 - - - Cox’s Bazar 2,500,000 900,000 500 110 300 900,000 Noakhali 1,500,000 120,000 200 100 - - Laxmipur 1,200,000 150,000 100 30 - - Feni 1,100,000 - 100 - - - Bhola 1,200,000 - 100 - - - Table 07: GoB allocation for the affected people in Cyclonic Storm Mora, May 2017 GR Cash (BDT) GR Rice (MT) C. I. Sheet Cash for housing Districts Allocated Distributed Allocated Distributed (Boundle) (BDT) Barisal 600,000 - 50 - - - Barguna 600,000 - 50 - - - Patuakhali 700,000 - 150 - - - Khulna 600,000 - 50 - - - Bagerhat 700,000 - 50 - - - Shatkhira 500,000 150,000 50 - - - Chandpur 500,000 - 50 - - - Pirojpur 500,000 100,000 50 50 - - Total 13,700,000 1,420,000 1,700 - 300 900,000 Source: Impact and Allocation on Cyclonic Storm Mora of May 30, 2017, NDRCC Report, May 31, 2017 Conclusion Flash flood which continued to this month and Cyclonic Storm Mora developed rapidly and stuck Chittagong – Cox’s Bazar districts severely in the month of May. In both these disasters, people of the affected areas suffered due to loss of crops, fisheries and live stocks, damage of trees and houses and inundation of crop field in the low lying areas. Response and preparedness activities by the Government are quite adequate and quick in the case of cyclonic storm. Along with flash flood and cyclonic storm hailstorm, storm and fire incidents were occurred in May which made notable impacts on human lives along with few injuries.

Annex – 1: Upazila-Wise Damage and Loss database received through D-From on 11 May, 2017 Name of Name of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of Damaged Damaged No. of District Upazila Union Affected Affected Affected Affected Crops Crops Affected Union Household Population House (Hec.) (Amount) Farmers Baniachang 15 15 35,500 177,500 546 25,720 2,160,480,000 35,500 Ajmiriganj 5 5 12,500 62,500 58 8,595 721,980,000 12,500 Habiganj 10 7 6,120 30,600 705 3,110 261,240,000 6,120 Sadar Habiganj Lakhai 6 6 16,100 80,500 250 9,135 767,340,000 16,100 Nabiganj 13 13 8,200 41,000 23 5,870 493,080,000 8,200 Bahubal 7 5 5,560 27,800 150 2,480 208,320,000 5,560 Chunarughat 10 3 1,400 7,000 -- 350 29,400,000 1,400 Madhabpur 11 11 2,500 12,500 14 1,300 109,200,000 2,500 Total 8 77 65 87,880 439,400 1,746 56,560 4,751,040,000 87,880

Name of Name of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of Damaged Damaged No. of District Upazila Union Affected Affected Affected Affected Crops Crops Affected Union Household Population House (Hec.) (Amount) Farmers Balaganj 6 6 17,800 71,200 - 4,174 257,838,000 7,005 Beanibazar 10 10 20,500 82,000 - 5,070 300,596,000 8,240 Bishwanath 8 8 19,520 78,080 - 6,900 408,792,000 11,216 Companiganj 6 6 20,150 80,600 - 4,060 242,380,000 6,590 Fenchuganj 5 5 12,500 50,000 - 2,420 144,408,000 3,940 Golapganj 11 11 15,540 62,160 - 5,400 317,908,000 8,809 Sylhet Gowainghat 9 9 20,150 80,600 - 8,217 483,790,000 13,394 Jaintiapur 6 6 18,250 73,000 - 4,507 268,818,000 7,304 Kanaighat 9 9 11,500 46,000 - 3,010 179,500,000 4,880 Sylhet Sadar 8 8 5,310 21,240 - 4,075 237,786,000 6,684 Zakiganj 9 9 20,150 80,600 - 6,030 358,884,000 9,780 South Surma 10 10 16,150 64,600 - 4,670 278,264,000 7,576 Total 13 105 105 212,520 850,080 20 64,438 3,843,749,000 105,353

Name of Name of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of Damaged Damaged Crops No. of District Upazila Union Affected Affected Affected Affected Crops (Hec.) (Amount) Affected Union Household Population House Farmers Sunamganj 9 9 25,000 125,000 2,500 9,460 946000000 23852 Sadar South 8 8 31,606 128,030 1,430 12,820 1,282,000,000 31,606 Sunamganj Derai 9 9 40,000 200,000 207 14,904 1,490,400,000 36,811 Sullah 4 4 29,234 146,170 85 18,160 1,816,000,000 29,234 Sunamganj Bishwamvarpur 5 5 15,000 75,000 1,725 5,090 509,000,000 13,765 Tahirpur 7 7 33,644 168,220 2,568 12,821 1,282,100,000 33,644 Jamalganj 5 5 32,382 161,910 930 15,757 1,575,700,000 32,382 13 13 15,414 77,070 2,124 3,610 361,000,000 15,414 Jagannathpur 8 8 30,000 150,000 1,000 9,815 981,500,000 24,666 Dharamapasha 10 10 53,026 265,130 3,100 21,063 2,106,300,000 53,026 Dowarabazar 9 9 20,684 103,420 3,300 7,785 778,500,000 20,684 Total 11 87 87 325,990 1,599,950 18,969 131,285 13,128,500,000 315,084

Name of Name of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of Damaged Damaged No. of District Upazila Union Affected Affected Affected Affected Crops Crops (Amount) Affected Union Household Population House (Hec.) Farmers Itna 9 9 40,325 161,300 0 19,630 2,771,756,000 40,325 Mithamain 7 7 34,100 136,400 0 14,110 1,992,332,000 34,100 Austagram 8 8 30,575 122,300 0 13,030 1,839,836,000 30,575 Nikli 7 7 18,973 75,892 0 5,815 821,078,000 18,973 Tarail 7 7 10,950 43,800 0 3,650 515,380,000 10,950 Karimganj 11 8 10,610 42,440 0 3,260 460,312,000 10,610 Bajitpur 11 7 1,300 5,200 0 339 47,866,800 1,300 Kishoreganj Bhairab 7 3 459 1,836 0 153 21,603,600 459 Katiadi 9 3 3,510 14,040 0 780 110,136,000 3,510 Hossainpur 6 2 405 1,620 0 90 12,708,000 405 Kishoreganj 11 0 1,274 5,096 0 350 49,420,000 1,274 Sadar Pakundia 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kuliarchar 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 13 108 61 152,481 609,924 0 61,207 8,642,428,400 152,481

Name of Name of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of Damaged Damaged No. of District Upazila Union Affected Affected Affected Affected Crops (Hec.) Crops Affected Union Household Population House (Amount) Farmers Moulvibazar 12 12 4,499 22,202 57 950 81,285 2,250 Sadar Juri 6 6 13,550 81,300 1,526 5,575 119,170 12,323 Sreemangal 9 10 13,350 53,400 452 3,960 25,500 5,500 Moulvibazar Rajnagar, 8 8 6,004 22,940 64 2,043 126,308 4,480 Kamalganj 9 9 15,986 59,936 1,133 800 220 3,150 Barlekha 10 10 17,743 106,458 2,227 3,685 295,738 7,840 Kulaura 13 6 14,222 78,539 1,843 4,500 526,820 13,650 Total 7 67 61 85,354 424,775 7,302 21,513 1,175,041 49,193

Name of Name of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of Damaged Damaged No. of District Upazila Union Affected Affected Affected Affected Crops (Hec.) Crops Affected Union Household Population House (Amount) Farmers Durgapur 7 7 8,000 40,000 0 2,500 0 8,000

Kalmakanda 8 8 18,450 87,637 0 5,950 0 18,450 Netrakona 12 6 11,000 49,500 0 2,200 0 11,000

Sadar

Barhatta 7 7 16,930 76,185 0 3,950 0 16,930

Netrokona Atpara 7 7 8,710 43,550 0 1,610 0 8,710

Kendua 13 8 19,215 86,467 0 4,425 0 19,215

Mohanganj 7 7 23,800 99,960 0 14,000 0 23,800

Madan 8 8 23,975 100,695 0 13,085 0 23,975

Khaliajuri 6 6 25,100 99,500 0 19,870 0 25,100

Purbadhala 11 7 12,000 60,000 0 2,120 0 12,000 Total 10 86 71 167,180 743,494 0 69,710 0 167,180