Bangladesh is vulnerable to frequent natural calamities. So, she is often called a land of natural calamities. Various types of natural calamities such as flood, cyclone, storm, heavy downpour, drought, etc. often visit our country.
Bangladesh lies in the tropical region and its land is low. Being a low-lying country, floods visit our country almost every year and sometimes it becomes severe.
Intense heat causes depression in the Bay of Bengal, and causes cyclonic storm which hits the off-shore islands and the mainland of Bangladesh. The miseries of the cyclone affected people know no bounds. Cyclonic storm takes away a heavy toll of life and damages the houses and other belongings of the affected people.
Flood visits our country almost every year. It is the most familiar natural calamity in our country. It causes a heavy damage to our life and properties. Houses are destroyed, cattle are washed away and crops are greatly damaged and trees are uprooted. People become homeless or shelterless. The floods in 1970, 1974, 1988 and 1998 caused a huge loss of life and property.
Drought in summer causes damage to our agriculture. Sometimes, the heat of the sun becomes unbearable to men and there is no rain. Moreover, load-shedding is a common scenario during this time. Crops grow much less if farmers cannot irrigate their lands properly. As a result, people, especially the poor, suffer a lot due to price hike. For all these things, people have to suffer a lot.
The people living beside the rivers are often in a fear of river erosion. Thousands of people become homeless due to river erosion every year.
Our people live fighting against all kinds of disasters and calamities. The government should come forward to help the affected people. The people should be informed of the forecast news about the disaster to minimize the losses.
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