Factors of cyclone disaster deaths in coastal Bangladesh
This publication raises questions of how deaths occurred in Bangladesh by tropical cyclones in the past and what factors still might contribute towards deaths from cyclone hazards. This study answers these questions through face-to-face interviews with 362 residents, field visits and observations across coastal Bangladesh.
The findings indicate that there have been improvements in house structures and design, warning responses and evacuation processes to public cyclone shelters and informal cyclone shelter centres. In the past, due to a lack of built infrastructure, strong residential houses, and public cyclone shelters, deaths occurred whilst living in fragile houses, attempting to survive through holding trees and floating in storm surges. This study provides several key recommendations addressing these factors of deaths, to be implemented by individual, community, private sectors, non-government organisations (NGOs) and public sectors across coastal Bangladesh.
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