Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre

Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre
Formation 1972
Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Website Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre

Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre is a government agency that generates and forecasts floods in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1][2][3] The centre is an important part the government mechanism that deals with Flooding in Bangladesh.[4]

History

Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre was established in 1972 under Bangladesh Water Development Board.[5] It is under the Ministry of Water Resources.[6][7] The centre has 56 water level monitoring stations throughout Bangladesh.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Mission". ffwc.gov.bd. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Satellite Data Is Saving Lives with Flood Forecasting in Bangladesh". usaid.gov. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Early Flood Warning Saves Lives". The Daily Star. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Floods in Bangladesh: The way forward". The Daily Star. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Bharati, Luna; Sharma, Bharat R.; Smakhtin, Vladimir (2016). The Ganges River Basin: Status and Challenges in Water, Environment and Livelihoods. Routledge. ISBN 9781317479475. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Anisul warns of severe flood next month". The Daily Star. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  7. ↑ Singh, Ashbindu; Zommers, Zinta (2014). Reducing Disaster: Early Warning Systems For Climate Change. Springer. p. 170. ISBN 9789401785983. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Water levels of 56 rivers rise, 32 fall". The Daily Star. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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