Kindgo
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Source: BBC News
Mon Aug 12,2002 -- At least 50,000 people in Bangladesh's coastal islands in the Bay of Bengal have been made homeless by flooding caused by high tides and land erosion. Officials said tidal waves 3-4 feet higher than normal hit the coastal islands on Saturday and Sunday, washing away embankments and flooding vast areas. Meteorologists say the unusually high tides were caused by the new moon when the sea level was at its peak. In Hatia, 900 square kilometre coastal island in the Bay of Bengal, thousands of people have fled their homes after their villages went under water. Mr Karim told the BBC that part of the embankment that protects the island from the sea had been washed away. Sea water is flooding vast areas of the island twice a day at high tide.
In the SE district of Cox's Bazar, the high tides have inundated hundreds of villages along the 400 kilometre coastline. Officials said the coastal island of Kutubdia had been worst hit, where thousands of people had moved to temporary shelters. The Meghna River and the Dakatia River, which are usually separated by a stretch of land 50 metres wide, were about to merge together. If that happens, the mighty Meghna could take a different course and wash away almost half the town.
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