June 13: First wave of floods hits Assam, India displacing
400,000. June 23: Flooding spreads in northern Bangladesh.
June 27: Second wave of flooding in Assam displaces 470,000.
Main Brahmaputra river has breached its banks at several places.
Dhemaji district in Assam has been cut off from the rest of
the country since June 12.
June 30: 10,000 people homeless in Tripura and 100,000 people
displaced in Bihar.
July 7 - 1 million homeless in Bangladesh and 100 dead; 926,000
displaced and 20 dead in northeast India. July 8 - Bihar:
5 dead, 150,000 people displaced.
July 10 - flooding begins in Uttar Pradesh state. July 12
- Assam: 2.3 million homeless, 20 of 24 districts inundated;
125,000 hectares crops destroyed.
July 16 - Assam: 3.7 million homeless and 22 dead. 2.5 million
hectares damaged crop land. Flooding described as worst in
50 years. Bihar: 1.2 million displaced.
July 18 - Bangladesh: 175 dead, 3.5 million homeless, 267,600
hectares crops destroyed.
July 24- floodwaters begin receding in northeastern India
and parts of Bangladesh.
July 28 - 370,000 hectares farmland waterlogged in Bangladesh.
August 7 - Flood situation in north Bihar remains "grim"
on Ganga, Ghaghra, Gandak, Kosi, Burhi Gandak and Bagmati
August 25 - 200 villages washed away in Azamgarh district
in Uttar Pradesh when dam on Ghagra breaches.
September 10 -24 - Flooding continuing in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh
and West Bengal states along Ganges river. Worst flooding
in a decade in Uttar Pradesh
September 16-18 - New flooding in northwestern Bangladesh,
October 8 - flooding continues in Bangladesh and northeastern
MODIS observations: Meghna river valley flooded and Bramaputra
river at high levels on June 16 and 20. Observations of high
levels on Ganges river begin in early Septmeber and continue
Detailed Locations: Bangladesh:
Districts: Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Sylhet, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram,
Rangpur, Nilphamari, Gaibandha, Nilphamari, Comilla, Sirajganj,
Bogra, Jamalpur, Pabna, Tangail, Manikganj, Munshiganj, Narsindi,
Narayanganj, Kishoreganj, Rajbari, Madaripur, Chandpur. Feni. Dhaka
area. Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj.
Assam State - Districts: Nalbari, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Dhemaji,
Nagoan, Lakhimpur, Kamrup, Darrang, Jorhat, Goalpara, Dhubri, Sonitpur,
Barpeta, Dhubri, Morigaon. Majuli island.
Bihar State - Districts: Madhubani, Gopalganj, Sitamarhi, Sheohar,
Saran, Saharsa, Supaul, Purnea, Kishanganj, West and East Champaran,
Samastipur, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Siwan, Khagaria, Katihar, Purnia,
Madhepura, Vaishali. Patna area. Munger, Bhagalpur, Kahalgaon and
Tripura State - South Tripura District. Battala, Baishnabpur, Chotkhil,
West Bengal State - Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Malda, Murshidabad.
Uttar Pradesh - districts: Mainpuri, Azamgarh, Etah, Ghazipur, Ballia,
Fatehpur, Ankinghat and Paliakala. Lucknow area. Jaunpur.
New Delhi area.
Sikkim State -
Rivers: Bramaputra and Ganges and their tributaries
Bangladesh - Padma, Khowai, Dhalai, Monu, Teesta, Dharla, Jamuna,
Muhuri, Banglali, Gumti, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Dukhkumar, Shitalakhya,
Balu and Buriganga.
India - Assam - Barak. Brahmaputra and its tributaries: Jiadhol,
Kushiara, Singla, Longai, Pagladiya, Pagladia, Mora-pagladia, Noona,
Khuthimari, Puthimari, Kuhiyara, Singla, Jiabhoroli.
Bihar - Ganges. Adhwara group of rivers. Koshi, Kamala, Balan, Bagmati,
Gandak, Burhi Gandak, Mahananda, Sone, Burhigandak and Pupun.
Tripura - Fenni, Mahurir, Gomati
West Bengal - Mahananda
Uttar Pradesh - Ganges, Sai, Sharda, Ganga, Ghaghra, Gomati.