Internationally reporting channel CNN about Bangladeshi flood 2024
Published: Aug 28, 2024
Duration: 00:02:40
Category: People & Blogs
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we are in fenny the epicenter of the floods here in Bangladesh we've boarded a boat uh which is attempting to get to areas that are completely cut off here we have the Army and they've obviously rescued we're from CNN they have rescued these families these women and children are aboard the boat there is such an acute shortage of boats on the way up on the highway it was truck after truck carrying boats as you can see people are are carrying whatever they can gather whatever they can walk out with we understand at the fenny hospital that the water is chin high so we we don't know what the state of the situation is there for the patients but people here are angry they say they have never seen this sort of flooding in their lifetime we're on the border with India and as far as the bangladeshis are concerned this has been caused by India there are reports that the floodgates of one of its dams just across the border was opened on Wednesday and and that created this surge of water that is now spread over 10 districts affecting more than 4 million people that is the latest number that we are getting from the government India denies this but they do say that when the water levels reach a certain height uh there is an automatic release uh there has been no apology from India and as far as the bangladeshis are concerned they are they are livid they are Furious their homes have been flooded their livelihoods their their shops everything is underwater and Bangladesh is no stranger to floods it in fact has one of the the best early Warning Systems in South Asia but there was no warning in this case the need is great and we just heard from a Bangladesh a little earlier a volunteer there have been so many volunteers that have come here to help with this effort and they have said Bangladesh needs your help a plea to the world Anna Karin CNN fenny Bangladesh