Flood / Monsoon Preparedness 2014
Department of Disaster Management
Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief
LCG-DER Meeting
10 July 2014
Introduction
 Floods are normal events in the deltaic plains of
Bangladesh. On average, nearly 18% of the country
becomes flooded each year.
 During severe floods the affected area may exceed
65% of the country, as was seen in 1998.
 The runoff from GBM catchments of 1.72 million sq.
km. passes through the river systems of Bangladesh
of which only 7% lies within the country
GBM basin and Bangladesh
Brahmaputra Basin
552,000 sq. km
Ganges Basin
1,087,000 sq. km
Meghna Basin
82,000 sq. km
Types of Flooding in Bangladesh
 Flash floods – in the hilly South East region and Haor
basin of North East
 River Floods – known as monsoon flood
 Rain-fed floods – mainly in south-west and major
urban areas e.g. Chittagong, Dhaka etc.
 Coastal Floods – during the cyclone and tropical
storms in coastal belt
Flooding in Bangladesh
Flood Prone Areas in Bangladesh
2014 Flood Preparedness by GOB and other stakeholders
 Government of Bangladesh
 Flood Response Preparedness Planning
 Pre-positioning of relief items
 Local level flood preparedness by DMCs
 SOS and D-Form training of DMCs
 Other stakeholders
 Humanitarian Clusters’ Contingency planning
 Pre-positioning of relief items by UN, IFRC/BDRCS,
I/NGOs
Flood Response Preparedness Plan
 Since 2013, DDM is leading the process of developing
comprehensive Flood Response Preparedness Plan (with
Technical Support from UNDP-ERF)
 2014 Flood Response Preparedness Plan is being
finalized (stakeholder consultation 8 July 2014)
 The overall OBJECTIVE of the Flood Response
Preparedness Plan is to strengthen the existing capacity
of the GOB to lead and ensure an effective, timely, and
coordinated response that will mitigate the risks and
reduce the impact of disaster on the vulnerable
communities.
Flood Response Preparedness Plan 2014
The plan includes the following sections:
i.
Back ground & Disaster Management System
ii. Flood hazard and Risk Analysis
iii. Flood forecasting and Warning System
iv. Information Management
v. Pre-positioning of Relief Items (GOB & nongovernment)
vi. Local Level Flood Response Preparedness (by DMCs)
vii. Resource Mobilization Strategy (GOB and nongovernment)
Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Capacity
 Existing early warning on floods provides a lead time of 24, 48 and
72 hours
 Increase of Flood Forecast Lead Time up to 5 days
 Interactive Voice Response (IVR) for flood early warning
dissemination
 CDMP Supported Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BDM) in
strengthening Early Warning Capacity, development of Weather
Radio System and Enhancement of Application of Agro-Advisory
Expert System
 CDMP is currently piloting Flood Preparedness Programme in
Gaibandha and Sirajgonj districts
Thank You