Highlights
On the heels of one of its driest monsoon seasons in years, torrential rainfall in Bangladesh on October 7th–9th caused flooding that killed 17 people and displaced almost 500,000 residents. The low-lying southern coastal districts were hardest hit as thousands of homes were inundated due to waters from a tidal surge. Up to 12 inches (300 mm) of rain reportedly fell during the storm. The same storm system killed at least 10 people in neighboring Myanmar. Thousands of people were left homeless in Mandalay, the country’s second largest city, as water levels remained two meters deep in some locations. According to ReliefWeb, this was the city’s heaviest rainfall in the past six decades.
The source article State of the Climate | Global Hazards | October 2010 was published November 18, 2010 by NOAA .
