Bhutan : Flood : 2000/08 | |
GLIDE: FL-2000-000484-BTN |
Duration | 2000/08 |
Country or District |
Bhutan |
Name | Flood |
Outline | Due to unusually heavy rains starting on 31 July 2000, landslides and floods have struck several areas in south Bhutan, along the border with India which has also been exposed to disastrous flooding triggered by monsoon rains. The disaster is the worst in recorded history in Bhutan. Phuentsholing and Pasakha are the worst affected towns. |
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Personal Injury | Material Damage | Others |
OCHA Situation Report No. 2 2000/08/11 | ||
More than a thousand people have been left homeless and are in temporary shelters. |
Numerous roads remain blocked due to landslides and erosion. Many trucks, buses and other vehicles were submerged and the main water supply in the affected area was cut off when water pipes burst. | The breakdown of water supply has become the most serious problem caused by the floods. There is a need to intervene in the water supply sector in order to prevent water-born diseases, along with cholera and typhoid, though no disease outbreak has yet been reported. |
OCHA Situation Report No. 1 2000/08/07 | ||
The village of Pasakha is the worst hit, where the disaster has reportedly claimed 63 lives. | The landslides blocked nearly the country's entire road network. |
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