Hazard Incidences in Bangladesh, June 2021 Overview of Hazard Incidences in June 2021 In June 2021, 15 hazards took place across Bangladesh i.e. Covid-19 pandemic, Boat capsizes, Earthquake, Fire, Lightning, Storm, Wall collapse, Bridge collapse, Embankment collapse, Tornado, Riverbank Erosion, Landslide, Waterlogging, Heavy rainfall, and Explosion. The most devastating Covid-19 affected a total of 112,818 persons across the country among which 1,884 persons died and 75,819 persons recovered in June 2021. Lightning was another severe hazard in terms of the death of 103 people and injury of 26 occurring in 36 districts. NDRCC reported total of 347 Fire incidents throughout the country. However, from NDRCC Daily Disaster Reports and different dailies, detailed information of 28 fire incidents were found in which 5 people died and 14 people were injured. A devastating Explosion took place at Mogbazar in Dhaka district. 11 people died and 200 were injured in this incidence. In 7 districts, building collapse caused the death of 5 people with injuries of 3. In 5 districts 2 people died and 6 people went missing due to Boat Capsize. Bridges collapse incidences in 4 districts killed 1 person and injured 5. Besides, 4 persons died by landslide in Cox’sBazar. Riverbank erosion occurred in 5 districts with huge loss of lives, properties, and croplands. Moreover, Heavy rainfall caused losses of crops, livestock, and fish in 6 districts. Embankment collapsed in 3 districts which resulted in waterlogging. Storm blew over Patuakhali and Kurigram districts with damage to infrastructure. Barguna witnessed Tornado, with damage to 5 houses. In addition, one incident of Earthquake was felt in the Sylhet region. Description of Hazard Incidents in June 2021 Covid-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh The increasing number of infections from the Delta variant of COVID-19 has exacerbated the current situation of Bangladesh. Throughout this month, Bangladesh experienced high impacts of COVID-19 across the country, especially a rapid surge in border areas. The number of identified patients with Covid-19 was 112,818 among which 75,819 persons recovered and 1,884 persons died. From the very first case identified on March 8, 2020, the total number of Covid-19 patients is 913,258 among which 14,503 persons died and 816,250 persons recovered up to June 30, 2021. (Source: https://corona.gov.bd) (See Annex-1 for more details). Graph 1: Covid -19 Impacts in Bangladesh from March 2020 to June2021 160000 139017 140000 147837 112818 120000 76554 98330 91164 48658 58946 100000 74957 56466 17508 70600 76748 68032 75819 80000 57238 49844 50482 60000 48578 39486 71170 22285 48261 51 41408 40000 5 44205 21723 9621 1264 970 11090 20000 7667 1197 1170 2404 1169 1884 25 160168 482 672 721 914 568 278 667 0 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 Nov-20 Dec-20 Jan Feb-21 Mar-21 Apr-21 May-21 Jun-21 2021 Confirmed Case Recovered Case Death Lightning 76 incidents of lightning took place in 36 districts across the country, which killed 103 persons, 14 cows, 2 buffaloes, and injured 26 people. The affected districts are namely Dhaka, Shariatpur, Madaripur, Narsingdi, Manikganj, Munshiganj, Tangail, Kishoreganj, Gazipur, Rajshahi, Sirajganj, Joypurhat, Pabna, Naogaon, Chapainawabganj, Lakshmipur, Feni, Noakhali, Chattogram, Brahmanbaria, Sylhet, Habiganj, Bhola, Patuakhali, Pirojpur, Dinajpur, Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Jamalpur, Netrokona, Mymensingh, Satkhira, Magura, Khulna, Meherpur and Chuadanga. Rajshahi division is the worst affected with a death toll of 34. (Source: https://modmr.gov.bd and National Dailies of June 2021) (See Annex-2 for upazila wise details). Fire From NDRCC Daily Disaster Reports and different dailies, detailed information of 347 fire incidents were found in which 5 people died, 14 people injured and 82 shops, 522 houses, 27 storehouses, 2 factories burnt as well as 5 cows killed due to fire throughout this month. (See Annex-3 for Upazila wise details). Table 1 : Impacts of Fire incidences of June 2021 Divisions No. of Incidents Impacts Barishal 13 No Impact Recorded Chattogram 59 1 ship breaking factory damaged, 36 shops burnt 11 injured & 5 people died, 4 cotton storehouses burnt & 23 jhut warehouses burnt, Dhaka 131 1 factory damaged , 27 shops burnt, 517 houses burnt , Losses of 12 crore taka Khulna 34 7 shops fully burnt, 3 shops burnt partially, Losses of 15 lakhs taka, Mymensingh 34 100 maund paddy burnt, 200 maund rice, pepper and almond; Losses of 46 lakhs Rajshahi 16 2 people injured, 5 houses burnt, Losses of 20 lakhs taka, Rangpur 31 5 cows killed, 2 shops totally burnt, Losses of 7 lakhs tk, Sylhet 29 7 shops burnt, Losses of one crore taka Source: NDRCC Disaster Situation Report and National Dailies of June, 2021 Building collapse A total of 8 Building collapses occurred in 7 districts i.e. Dhaka, Lakshmipur, Dinajpur, Naogaon, Rajshahi, Pabna, and Cumilla in June. Among which 5 wall collapses resulted in 5 deaths and 3 injuries. The other 3 incidences caused a roof collapse of cold storage and damaged an under-construction 4 storied building. See more details in the table below: Table 2 : Impact of wall collapse incidences in June , 2021 Date Location Impacts Source Division District Upazila 01-june Chattogram Lakshmipur Ramgati 1 old man died jagonews24. June 1, 2021 03-June Rajshahi Pabna Chatmohor No impact reported prothomalo June 4, 2021 08-June Chattogram Cumilla Burichong 8 cows killed ,70000 maunds potatoes damaged bangla.bdnews24 June 8, 2021 09-june Dhaka Dhaka DNCC 1 child died thedailystar June 9, 2021 15-june Rangpur Dinajpur Chirirbandar 1 child died jagonews24 June 15, 2021 19-june Rajshahi Naogaon Atria 1 child died and 3 people injured jagonews24 June 20, 2021 20-June Rajshahi Rajshahi Sadar 3 private cars & a few number of vans damaged prothomalo June 20, 2021 23-june Rajshahi Rajshahi Sadar 1 worker died prothomalo June 23, 2021 Boat capsize Boat capsizes took place in In 5 districts i.e. Chattogram, Sirajganj, Barguna, Sunamganj, and Munshiganj. 2 people died and 6 people were missing due to Boat capsize. 3 fishermen were missing in Patharghata upazila of Barguna while fishing in the Bay of Bengal. See more details in the table below: Table 3: Impact boat capsize incidences in June , 2021 Date Location Impacts Source Division District Upazila 08-June Chattogram Chattogram Chattogram sadar No impact reported jagonews24 June 9, 2021 Rajshahi Sirajganj Chouhali 2 people died & 1 person missing prothomalo June 9, 2021 18-June Barisal Barguna Patharghata 3 fishermen missing bdnews24 June 18, 2021 Sylhet Sunamganj Tahirpur 1 person missing jagonews24 June 18, 2021 21-June Chattogram Chattogram Chattogram sadar No impact reported prothomalo June , 2021 29-June Dhaka Munshiganj Gajaria 1 woman missing, 400 maunds potato bangla.bdnews24 June 29, 2021 sunk. Losses of 4 lacks tk. Landslide 3 incidents of landslide took place in Cox’s Bazar. 2 Rohingya people died in Teknaf (Source: prothomalo June 5, 2021). Moreover, 2 children died in Maheshkhali upazila in two separate landslides (Source: link 1, link 2 June 2021). Riverbank erosion Riverbank erosion affected with huge loss of lives, properties, and croplands in 5 districts i.e. Sirajganj, Jhalokathi, Kurigram, Gopalganj, and Patuakhali. 315 houses, 2 schools melted away in the river and 13 villages affected in Sirajganj district. Communication was disrupted among 8 villages in Dashmina upazila of Patuakhali district due to damage of 1.5 km pucca road. In Jhalokathi, 8 shops washed away in the river which amounted to a loss of 50 lakh taka. 50 houses fully damaged at Ulipur upazila in Kurigram. In addition, Croplands, houses & trees washed away into the Madhumati River in Gopalganj Sadar. (See Annex-4 for more details). Heavy rainfall: Heavy rainfall occurred in 6 districts i.e. Maulavibazar, Kushtia, Kurigram, Sunamganj, Mymensingh, and Sherpur which resulted in a severe communication disruption, huge loss of croplands & fish, making people waterlogged, etc. In Mymensingh district, 37 villages became waterlogged. 25-hectare seedbed and 15 villages inundated in Sherpur. In addition, 300 bighas croplands were damaged in waterlogging in Kushtia. (See Annex-5 for more details). Storm Storm blew over 2 districts i.e. Patuakhali & Kurigram. Electricity was disrupted for breaking electric poles in Patuakhali Sadar upazila. (Source: samakal June 9, 2021) Moreover, 3 people were injured and 1 house damaged due to a storm at Fulbari Upazila in Kurigram. (Source: jagonews24 June 29, 2021) Embankment collapse Embankment collapsed in 3 districts i.e. Sirajganj, Nilphamari & Satkhira. 10 thousand people became victims of waterlogging because of embankment collapse at Assasuni upazila in Satkhira (Source: prothomalo June 5, 2021). 0.7 Km embankment damaged in Dimla, Nilphamari and 100 meters of town protection embankment damaged fully in Sirajganj Sadar upazila. (Source: bangla.bdnews24 , prothomalo June, 2021) Earthquake An earthquake was felt in the Sylhet region on June 7, 2021. A school building had been observed to be cracked. (Source: bangla.bdnews24 June 8, 2021) Tornado Finally, an incidence of a tornado was reported at Amtoli upazila in Barguna District which uprooted 200 trees and damaged 5 houses. (Source: samakal June 8, 2021) Waterlogging 3 incidents of waterlogging occurred in 3 districts i.e. Barishal, Sirajganj, and Rangpur. 200 bigha almonds land inundated at Chouhali upazila in Sirajganj (Source: prothomalo June 16, 2021). In Gangachara Upazila of Rangpur, 15 villages were inundated (Source: bangla.dhakatribune June 21, 2021). Moreover, an incident took place in Barishal Sadar upazila, of which no impact was reported (Source: samakal June 9, 2021). Bridge collapse 4 incidences of bridge collapse occurred in Gaibandha, Chattogram, Noakhali, and Patuakhali districts. In Gaibandha, communication was disrupted between Sadullapur and Palashbari upazila for collapsing a bridge in Sadullapur.