UN / BANGLADESH FLOODS

The flooding in Bangladesh brought on by some of the heaviest rains in the last ten years, affected at least 3.3 million people “with nearly one quarter of the country being flooded,” a UN spokesperson said on Monday in New York. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:54
• Production Date: 27 July 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: FLOODS; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
• Geographic Subject: BANGLADESH
• MAMS Id: 2552124
• Parent Id: 2552124
• Alternate Title: unifeed200727c

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STORY: UN / BANGLADESH FLOODS
TRT: 0:54
SOURCE: UNIFEED’
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 27 JULY 2020, NEW YORK CITY

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27 JULY 2020, NEW YORK CITY

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:
“Our humanitarian colleagues said that at least 3.3 million people are currently affected, with nearly one quarter of the country being flooded, according to an assessment just completed by the Government and aid partners. Some 40 per cent of those affected are children, with nearly half of the 93 people who have died being children. The flooding has damaged housing and infrastructure, including dams, water wells, hygiene facilities and more than 1,900 schools. It has also severely disrupted healthcare services in many areas. Livelihoods, local markets, crops, livestock and fisheries have also been severely affected, which our humanitarian colleagues warn could also lead to increased food insecurity. Humanitarian partners are responding, in coordination with the Government of Bangladesh.”

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The flooding in Bangladesh brought on by some of the heaviest rains in the last ten years, affected at least 3.3 million people “with nearly one quarter of the country being flooded,” a UN spokesperson said on Monday in New York.

The data came from an assessment just completed by the Bangladeshi Government and aid partners.

“Some 40 per cent of those affected are children, with nearly half of the 93 people who have died being children, Farhan Haq, the Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General told reporters in a virtual press briefing.

The flooding, caused by the heaviest monsoon season in a decade, has damaged housing and infrastructure, including dams, water wells, hygiene facilities and more than 1,900 schools, as well as severely disrupted healthcare services in many areas according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

“Livelihoods, local markets, crops, livestock and fisheries have also been severely affected, which our humanitarian colleagues warn could also lead to increased food insecurity,” stated Haq. “Humanitarian partners are responding, in coordination with the Government of Bangladesh,” he said.