How Bangladesh beat the world at fighting floods

[@DWPlanetA]

Have you experienced natural disasters and if yes, how does your country deal with them?

[@Joostuh]

They do it all. During the floods you talked about no one died in the Netherlands. Same rain, same rivers, same water. Not one.

[@aurghodatta5517]

@@Ninyaho it's not india it's bangladesh you dummy

[@on3td]

Belgium here. We didn't even had a plan, everybody just did the regular -sit inside waiting out the storm- Nobody evacuated, people stand 1m next to a river that could flood every second, even measuring at the walls how much cm they still had left to save there homes. People feel left behind by the gouvernement, but people complain the same over and over for anything that comes from the gouvernement :-)

[@user-lt1rj2jp6b]

I do think the Dutch are better at fighting the waters. Also since the country is below sea level.

[@mariojeths4181]

The dutch, the Deltawerken evt.

[@prasannaloganathan1923]

Nature doesn't know difference between poor or rich countries.......

[@Gee7470]

This is so true

[@somerandomfella]

She "expected" poorer people to die 🤦‍♂️

[@christ4865]

True even in Japan or Korea you can i experience heavy storms and earthquakes sometimes even tsunamis

[@zahirahmed2141]

Ok racist!

[@appleslover]

@Weasel Can't Swim I don't think it's about racism, more like about expectations. Developed countries tend to a better infrastructure, safety nets, more preparation for natural disasters etc. So the number of victims would be expected to be a lot lower than poorer ones. I'm myself am guilty of this, I was shocked to hear the number of casualties in Europe after the flood yet in my poor country many times that number die everyday yet I don't hear anything about them even from our own media

[@Powercookers-y9e]

Germany 🇩🇪 will come out with more safe and strong idea in near future. Lots of love and well wishes for Germany 🇩🇪 from Bangladesh 🇧🇩.

[@justthecousinoftheguywitho2337]

Thank you. Best wishes back to Bangladesh!

[@wijaya4565]

Of course they will

[@Powercookers-y9e]

@Gay Allah Paigambar , 😁😁😁 people don’t like Indians 🇮🇳, it doesn’t mean all people became Chinese. I know Indians 🇮🇳 is jealous of China 🇨🇳, Bangladesh 🇧🇩 , Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, Pakistan 🇵🇰, even Nepal 🇳🇵 Myanmar 🇲🇲 and Bhutan 🇧🇹. There is a proverb, “If you have neighbour like India 🇮🇳, you don’t need enemies” 😂😂😂

[@Powercookers-y9e]

@Gay Allah Paigambar , 😆😆😆 I can see your obsession, we are not like you, so we will not say bad words to you. But one thing, do your self. 😆😆😆

[@user-kr5ie5sh7x]

@Gay Allah Paigambar Aren't you from Rendia ?? 😂🤣🤣 Respect other countries or people from other countries will not respect your country.

[@tarmotyyri6733]

There's no justice in the world we live in. Poor countries that have very little impact on the climate changing, will suffer the most. It should be just the opposite.

[@ronymazumder5961]

a Bangladeshi and a forester here who practice in Canada. All forests are destroyed, illegally deforested and if it was under the power of Bangladeshi government or powerful people the world would have been barren a long time ago. I understand the statement, but its very simplistic and avoid lots of hidden factors

[@ebadurrahman7848]

@@ronymazumder5961are you serious? under the leadership of awami League the world would have been saved? what kind of weed are you smoking?

[@ayeTobi]

True.

[@sazidulhuq3898]

@@ebadurrahman7848 chetona 71 weed

[@ebadurrahman7848]

@@sazidulhuq3898 😂😂😂

[@Universal69man]

If you see the history Bangladesh had almost all the tropical cyclones Flooded with heavy rains It because of Bangladesh is world's largest delta, Bangladesh has many rivers, tropical climate most of time monsoon, Bay of Bengal, North part is near to Himalayan and Pacific wind Bangladesh lost it 6 seasons Bangladesh has adapted the climate change but what unprivileged people should do? They need more assistance from the privileged people around the world Bangladesh alone can't face the climate change Bangladesh on the top of the climate change risk We hope we'll fight and survive

[@ishimorasakib3089]

700+ rivers in bangladesh, can u imagine?

[@yoyomabeta3.038]

@James Henry Smith no it's not . Have u conveniently for about Chernobyl?

[@yoyomabeta3.038]

@James Henry Smith let's see how easy to control it got

[@LazySoilder]

Bangladesh is fighting tooth and nails Against climate change, but the threat from climate change is becoming bigger.

[@jamcho6224]

Disappearances, rampant corruption, mafia style government. We are fighting alot more

[@sajitmohammad9168]

If our government wasn’t corrupted.

[@peao010109]

Bangladesh might end up collapsing near the end of this century. (Big guess, atleast the vast majority of it's population will have died or emigrated) Hopefully we will have solved global warming by then. 80 years of time is alot.

[@aneek5784]

@@peao010109 Man if you knew Bengali people you wouldn't have said that. But nonetheless anything can happen. I wouldn't be surprised if China tried to invade parts of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh in this century.

[@peao010109]

@@aneek5784 Indeed. But at four degrees (Which will most likely be our peak temperature methinks, afterwards the temperature will most likely start dropping with carbon capture technology. This is very speculative.) their droughts and natural disasters will be at biblical scales. It will probably become way too much for them to handle unless they live in watertight underground shelters.

[@youarebreathtaking903]

Been hearing alot of good news from Bangladesh lately. I am not Bangladeshi but a nepali but still kinda feel proud of our south asian brethren

[@AhmadsAnecdotes]

We love Nepal too brother .

[@TheDubbingLtdOrNotSamin]

@sadman Sad chicken

[@SeptoScotius]

@@TheDubbingLtdOrNotSamin cockerel

[@TheDubbingLtdOrNotSamin]

@@SeptoScotius Beef

[@SeptoScotius]

@@TheDubbingLtdOrNotSamin Mutton

[@kawrno5396]

'You merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, moulded by it.' Similar scenario is seen about earthquake in Japan.

[@sasas845]

I recently re-read the reports on the 2011 earthquake. The fact that the Japanese could take that sledgehammer to the face and stay mostly standing gives huge credit to their preparation. I've got the suspicion that a similar event here in Europe might just end civilization in the affected areas, particularly given that the supply chains and infrastructure systems are such a tangled mess that nobody understands them any more.

[@sanskarsuresh8658]

Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing economy in the world. From this video we got to know that they even left Europe behind in flood management. Love and respect from India 🇮🇳 to our Bangladeshi brothers and sisters🇧🇩.

[@aestheticvibezz142]

India also developing fast Love from Bangladesh 💕

[@AlphaRar]

Lol, The Netherlands is king in flood management (Water management). You even probably hire Dutch engineers...

[@comradekenobi6908]

@@AlphaRar source

[@cryaldood3656]

@@AlphaRar actually the dutch did help them.

[@shahedIqbalshakil]

@@AlphaRar Brother, actually the Netherlands and Bangladesh are located in quite different geographical location. The floods that occurred in Bangladesh is one of the deadliest in the world because the rivers from India China Nepal Bhutan flow throughout Bangladesh and falls in Bay of Bengal. definitely Netherlands have one of the finest Sewerage system in the world but It's just little creeks and canals that flows around the Netherlands whereas Bangladesh carries Giant rivers like The Padma/Ganges, the Megna, The Yamuna, the Surma, The Brahmaputra and so many more. Bangladesh government has adopted Delta plan-100 years to guide It's rivers where country likes China, India and The Netherlands are the partners to implement the plan. The Delta plan is already in Action. The Turag river of Bangladesh is declared as a living being by the government of Bangladesh in recent time.

[@MuhammadArif-tm2dr]

It feels good to see something good about your country. Love from Bangladesh ❤️

[@wazidc9669]

Joy bangla

[@MagicMike_101]

😆

[@anishkumarsah3815]

Lots of love and respect from India 🇮🇳 to Bangladesh 🇧🇩 for the achievement you have made 🙏🏆

[@tanjinaswarna8505]

We didn’t made it, but Almighty Allah has protected us. Alhamdulillah. 🇧🇩

[@adityapratap3725]

♥day ka allah

[@nigendra]

@@adityapratap3725 I see what you did there

[@ripvanmarston1241]

@@nigendra I saw it too now, now that's what I call a pro gamer move. 😆😅

[@souvikdeb2523]

@@adityapratap3725 Bhaiyas abusing Bangladeshis when their HDI, Infant mortality rates, women education levels, fertility rates, per capita income levels are far, far better than bhaiya pradesh hellholes like UP. So wallow in your imagined pride bhaiya, while the whole region and the world marches on.

[@shahedIqbalshakil]

I'm a Bangladeshi student. I used to play football in my local area sea beach when I was at 5th grade. now I am an MBA student of a public University of Bangladesh. recently visited my childhood playground which is the sea beach, and I was completely shocked. I saw the sea beach was vanished and swallowed by the sea level. and many of the trees at the sea beach bank were fallen down because of soil erosion. I feel very sad to see this.

[@skywalkersohan8656]

As a fellow Bangladeshi who lived 10 minutes of walking distance from the sea i can testify what he said.

[@newbiekhyber]

Sorry to hear that. And yes, it is true that Bangladesh faces severe threats due to natural disasters and climate change.

[@Requiem__]

We didn't asked about ur grade or MBA!

[@skywalkersohan8656]

@@Requiem__ You misunderstood what he said , try reading it slowly.

[@25MIlon]

Which sea beach?

[@prathameshbhat9816]

Great work Bangladesh. From Economy to flood fighting you are truly inspiration. Love from India

[@areum7476]

Thanks bro! You have no idea just reading about everyone recognising Bangladesh for once is making so so happy! 😚

[@prathameshbhat9816]

@@areum7476 👍

[@gobimurugesan2411]

Bro we used to inspire Bangladesh. Our economic growth is more than Bangladesh before 2016

[@prathameshbhat9816]

@@gobimurugesan2411 actually per capita level they went ahead for 1 year now we are ahead again. But though they hate us we must respect their work towards their nation

[@gobimurugesan2411]

@@prathameshbhat9816 both sides have some religious siht heads who hates each other and wants to use religion for votes. Soon Bangladesh will select a religious party.

[@michibraun3063]

Respect Bangladesh from 🇩🇪🇪🇺❤👍

[@dailybean4503]

As a Bangladesh citizen I can ensure we have floods like German every year and more then 3 times and it's totally normal for us to see flood. And no one even die in it

[@ronymazumder5961]

as a Bangladeshi I can tell, you have not suffered on flood. It is the people below poverty line that suffers. Worked enough with them, their struggle should not be normalized

[@Copycat217]

typically sometimes we ignore floods 🤣

[@AceAttorneyforever]

Actually we Bangladeshis suffer from flood in every year and a lot of time that become more dangerous.

[@syedarman4720]

no one dies? people do die apu...and lets not forget the sufferings and loss of money/resources those floods bring

[@mariajason3547]

@@syedarman4720 I think what she meant to say is "Its normal daily lives in in Bangladesh with floods,its part of your lives,so you adapted to it,just like JAPAN with tsunami ,I mean they are the master of indure Tsunami with difference defences,there will still be casualty obviously.....

[@OneTruthAlways]

It's simple theory, it works this way- A child who grew up with all the facilities, getting everything that's required or more than what is required. She/he will find it hard most of the time, when tough time comes in life. But, a child who grew up in poverty and rough times in life, will make thru hard times, easily.

[@glasskey_]

thats the real truth here in bangladesh

[@hewas_chewasky]

Each year Bangladesh loss 4% of It's nominal gdp due natural disaster which is equivalent to Izreal military budget or 15 billion

[@sheikhss7250]

@James Henry Smith you don’t know what type of natural disasters we face 🙂

[@Shobhan-sh]

@James Henry Smith yes !! Let's nuke the earth as it is a problem . -- Nuclear Gandhi

[@jayantasen2406]

@James Henry Smith cyclones and hurricanes hit occasionally. Floods hit the Bengal delta every year. And yes, it is predictable to some extent as well!

[@joemamaobama6863]

i need ur pfp

[@joemamaobama6863]

@@Shobhan-sh LMAO

[@AIANevergonnagiveyouup]

Rich countries need to understand that nature doesn't differ between rich and poor countries I'm from Bangladesh and I can tell that every year a cyclone hit us it's more likely to happen between April and May and when a cyclone is alerted it's really stressing especially for Navy,Coast guard and marines my father works at Navy and worked at Coast guard too so I know how severe can cyclones can be he taught me and my sister about cyclones and it's really intresting knowing about that since we expirience a cyclone once or twice a year and my sister has been wanting a cyclone to come at the east part of Bangladesh since most of the cyclones have hit the west.People here really forget about Sundarban not the whole but the fact that it protects us two or three years ago when a cyclone hit Bangladesh the cyclone went over it and protected a village near it,it was damaged but not as much as it would have been if Sundarban wasn't there I saw some pictures of Sundarban and that Village after the cyclone went away a man went to see the damage the cyclone caused and it was severe a tiger was found dead because of a tree that fell on top of it and a man in the village broke his arm it was kinda sad looking at the pictures considerring the fact that most people cut down the trees without any reason.(Sorry for my grammer mistakes)

[@anubisreincarnated5046]

where do you live Chittagong?

[@AIANevergonnagiveyouup]

@@anubisreincarnated5046 Yes

[@irfanhasan482]

ur well informed

[@preetysavage3897]

Blink💜

[@SakugaObscurious]

@@AIANevergonnagiveyouup Yo I live in Chittagong too. Cyclones and floods are basically a Tuesday at this point.

[@muike5339]

Bangladesh has proven again and again its capabilities on why they should trusted can be trusted as the next Asian Tiger!🐅🐅 Joy Bangla!🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@aswinaadhav3204]

India china Japan am i a joke to you

[@itsbusiness4789]

@@aswinaadhav3204 🤣😂are you jealous indian 😂🤣! Who said that you can't be.Japan, China already Asian tiger.Bangladesh will be next.

[@aswinaadhav3204]

@@itsbusiness4789 yes indeed i am soo jealous 😭😭 lets see after 500 years

[@itsbusiness4789]

@@aswinaadhav3204 yes,indeed we saw that.😂🤣 Present

[@aswinaadhav3204]

@@itsbusiness4789 when what you saw explain if you know

[@Jeeettttttt]

A little correction, the cyclone of 1970 was not a major cause for the war of liberation, it might have played a role in fuming the people, but the main cause was the oppression and barbarity of the West Pakistanis against the people of Bengal for more than 23 years. Also, this information and positivity provided here are a bit exaggerated.

[@defencebangladesh4068]

Exactly

[@Despotic_Waffle]

At least let foreigners praise your country man

[@TheDubbingLtdOrNotSamin]

@@Despotic_Waffle ok

[@gobimurugesan2411]

And language.

[@itsbusiness4789]

@Muffin God EP Wrong history. He doesn’t declared independence on 26 march in recourse maidan.Learn that from a Bangladeshi.

[@fancyIOP]

The woman at the beginning of the video saying such things are expected at developing countries, well Mother Nature doesn’t discriminate it especially loves “rich countries”.

[@Mr11ESSE111]

Most of time discriminate

[@fancyIOP]

@James Henry Smith look, whether this and that is predictable is besides the point. People who live in developed countries think Mother Nature 🌬 ALSO “targets developing countries” LIKE THEIR forefathers did when they colonised countries. I was just highlighting that it’s NOT like that, whether your country has lots of disposable money or not Mother Nature 🌬 will strike when she wants to… that was my point. And yes most of these natural disasters happen in developed countries, in developing it’s most drought but the rest are usually happen in developed countries. My point was that Mother Nature 🌬 doesn’t choose.

[@fancyIOP]

@James Henry Smith LoL I think you get my point you just want to be difficult.

[@fancyIOP]

@James Henry Smith I hear you buddy, I hear you.💪🏿

[@বদমাইশব্যাটা]

Most rich Wester countries were also effected way worse in the covid pandemic compared to Bangladesh

[@farzanahusainritu4211]

Nature has taught us this lesson. We have learned after suffering years after years! Feeling proud as a Bangladeshi.

[@jairuzegamboa2803]

Rich countries are used to hearing news about poor countries suffer,that they dont even care until it happens to them.

[@marcelogaea1064]

Ah, the hubris of “developed” nations. Save it; zero fks given.

[@iftiahossen4648]

I am from Bangladesh and feeling proud of it . আমাদের এই অবস্থার জন্য ঐ সব বড়লোক দেশরাই দায়ী। 🇧🇩🥰🤩

[@mahfujarrahman1864]

I am from the northern part of Bangladesh, where flooding is very common event every year.But i can assure you,our government and the NGO's had done splendid job to fight against it.👏

[@Firode9856]

Europe , particularly in the north never expect bad weather , the Bangladeshis know at best it will always flood but expect the worst , they are prepared .

[@tanjimpurno2560]

In Bangladesh taking preparation for the disasters is a part of daily life. Nowadays, the poultry farmers are switching to duck farming because ducks are better at surviving floods. This just shows the extent we go to mitigate the impact of the calamities.

[@believer5578]

Only in south Bengal btw, i live in North Bengal part of Bangladesh & never seen flood.

[@mdzahadhasan8565]

@@believer5578 Either you live in urban area or you are blind. Do you Ever heard of Teesta River?

[@believer5578]

@@mdzahadhasan8565 aree bhai Mymensingh a jiboneu flood hoy naki?!

[@mdzahadhasan8565]

@@believer5578 ময়মনসিংহ কি পুরো উত্তরবঙ্গ নাকি? আপনার কমেন্টের মাধ্যমে বোঝাচ্ছেন ঝড় বন্যার প্রভাব শুধু বাংলাদেশের দক্ষিণেই পড়ে।

[@believer5578]

@@mdzahadhasan8565 দক্ষিণেই বেশি আঘাত হানে। ঢাকা পর্যন্ত সাধারণত পৌছায় না।

[@turjo119]

Genuinely proud of how Bangladesh tackles floods year after year

[@aporajitabangali1408]

I think one point they missed out is image. ‘Rich counties’ have massive egos they would not even accept something like flooding can kill their people. However, counties similar to my country (Bangladesh) aren’t trying to protect their ego or image. They are trying to protect their lives, their people because as harsh as this may sound, if our country wipes out of the map no ‘rich’ country will come to help us. They will sympathise sure but will they truly help us? And this isn’t just hypothesis because during our liberation war and after the war, our country have see other ‘rich’ countries reaction. They don’t help. So like may other countries Bangladesh is trying to stand on their own foot, however they can to survive. All in all, I’m truly glad to see this channel cover such a critical topic and our country. Loads of love from Bangladesh.

[@ant430]

Agree!

[@defencebangladesh4068]

totally agree. Only country that helped us after the liberation was USSR.

[@arafat8636]

Thanks for such a nice comment. Its a pity that they have used such words like Rich and Poor countries.. Its a clear discrimination..

[@daudkhan4218]

Thats why say we should be proud as bangali how we are growing neither in THIS times neighbour india or pakistan will help us !!

[@lordgallo4213]

@@defencebangladesh4068 USSR helped both India and bangladesh massively.

[@jagustin04]

That German lady needs to do some substantial research. Handling a situation like this doesn't determine the wealth of a country, it's all about the knowledge of the people by doing applicable ways to save lives

[@GAGONMYCOREY]

she was just talking about expectations, her point was people who live in comfortable richer countries tend to think those things won't happen where they live. It's the same reason people do dangerous things then are shocked when they get hurt... she's speaking to her own naivety.

[@dekippiesip]

She is just a random lady the chose to interview on the street. Could as well have been you or me. And I think she meant it well, she was trying to convey her own naivety and how we should be more humble, it just came out the wrong way I guess.

[@sasas845]

In Germany, I'd actually say that our wealth is what prevents us from solving problems. I.e. "throw money at the problem to make it go away" has become such a habit (particularly among politicians) that the willingness and competence to actually and properly solve the problems has been lost.

[@sanjidaafrin6304]

I feel proud as a Bangladeshi after watching this kind of video about my country, for the first time , in international platform... Thanks for the video

[@amirfoysal42]

We had special chapters in disaster management dedicated to cyclone and flood insurge in our high school. Many NGO played vital role educating marginal people at community level. Still we don't have strong embankment to prevent the flooding in moonsoon when India releases their barrage. If we can build strong embankment, pavement and find a way to redirect the water flow from India to bay of Bengal, we can reduce the economic damages and save lives significantly. Europe should start by creating awareness and communication with the endangered people and move them out timely in disaster situations.

[@ronymazumder5961]

there is a thing called population control, may be that helps too

[@user-nx9vy1wl8t]

@@ronymazumder5961 To be honest Bangladesh has been effective in population control as fertility rates have gone down to 2.1 per household. Obviously reduction can’t be seen now but in a few decades you will be able to see the change.

[@ronymazumder5961]

@@user-nx9vy1wl8t u sound like a fool, a complete ignorant who is sitting on most densely populated area in world and denying it.

[@user-nx9vy1wl8t]

@@ronymazumder5961 and you sound like a nutter with no reading comprehension. I didn’t once “deny” that population has been a problem for BD so you don’t need to jump to name calling. I’m replying to your comment saying population control policies have been implemented already. So calm down Ron

[@ronymazumder5961]

@@user-nx9vy1wl8t Says someone who calls someone "nutter" and no name-calling plz. If population control is already implemented Bangladesh wouldn't have the most number of youth living under poverty line. Go back to school, learn something called basic statistics and come back when u understand what r u saying.

[@sahilkabir6358]

I usually don't watch this kind of documentaries but your sound system and the reporter voice just wow!! which is why I watched this documentaries.

[@saymahussain2757]

Thank you DW for highlighting our country :)

[@shahriaf]

প্রতিবছর প্রাকৃতিক দুর্যোগ নিজেই আমাদের সহিষ্ণু করে তুলেছে। একেই বলে অভিযোজন।

[@blessed_with_hidayah]

ঠিক। যেটা সচরাচর হয়, সেটার সাথে মানিয়ে নেয়া যায়, যেটা আমরা পেরেছি।

[@eliteshownight1508]

Hmm.আরাম করবে ওরা আর তার খেসারত দিব আমরা।

[@desiree7633]

I wholeheartedly agree

[@sultanmohammadarif5370]

আপনার এই মন্তব্য অনেকেই অন্য দিকে টেনে নিয়ে যাবে

[@45tanviirahmed82]

Not Just Climate Change! You should make a video on this Pandemic Corona Situation. Bangladesh's Health Care Sector lags far, far behind that of other "Well Developed" countries; in every aspect like manpower, facility, infrastructures. [Let Me add a note: being most densly populated country, habitated nearly 1500 people per mile, the whole country has not more than 3000 ICUs!! and 90% of those ICUs are not affordable to most of us] Still, We've managed to handle this pandemic very, very efficiently, It's very hard to maintain social distance in this dense population, As most of our people are mid or lower mid class earning their livelihood on daily basis with no savings whatsoever! Proper lockdown was brutal and uneffective, Still, death toll is is like a dream for those developed countries. Imagine how we managed to do that! off Course, Efforts of fronr liners are brilliant, but this alone wasn't enough. Those departed are mostly because we were unable to provide necessary intensive care because we lacked those infrastructures. but After reading about Corona situations in other countries, I've now strong belief on *Nature's Payback* look at those numbers, even with the higher quality of Medical sector, they couldn't hold down the death toll. Well developed countries contribute most of the harmful things to nature and expect poorer countries to suffer. Nature is unbiased :)

[@tnoor9716]

True... nature is unbiased 👍

[@jokerswild5485]

@James Henry Smith yes thats right, but there are many people protesting against nuclear power without understanding the benefit it brings, and consequences of getting rid of them. I think we should invest in research to make nuclear power more safer. Things are kinda going in the right direction in this regards. New safety measures are being implemented for newly built nuclear power plants. Older ones need to be updated or replaced with latest technology.

[@walirsourav6659]

China have better economy and vietnam less population, mam!

[@yoyomabeta3.038]

@@jokerswild5485 you can't tame nuclear energy there's reason why people protesting against it . World needs greener and safer energy.

[@mysteriousmist7335]

@@yoyomabeta3.038 yes people with no idea about nuclear energy says that a lot without knowing or understanding any meaningful things about it. Even if scientists say its much safer they'll disagree. There’s not much difference between them and flat earthers.

[@rabbychowdhury4742]

The place where I live in Bangladesh, it's remain under water for 6 month in every year. At that time my house looks like a small island. I should convert my house into a resort lol..

[@aliadnan42]

And i live in sylhet, just relax

[@stonksman4328]

@@aliadnan42 we rarely get floods, we're prone to earthquakes tho

[@soniashapiro4827]

Thank you, yes, very useful. It's not just paying attention to warnings but also to infrastructure. Leaving wetland buffers in place, designing roads and drainage systems and paying attention to how water flows down a hill, eg.

[@alikhanmoazzam]

love from Pakistan , Star of South Asia ~Bangladesh

[@fishnchips727]

Thank you. Good wishes for your country too

[@fishnchips727]

@@poornarendrachudibhikarili3838 yes, I also hate Pakistan for that reason. Again we cannot blame all the people for that. But if pakistan do not officially apologise to us, then the relationship between two countries will never get better.

[@lilguacamolex4093]

Fish n Chips it's isn't your fault the past is the past and we should blame the people who did it and we are just glad that you understand our perspective :)

[@rajutanvir2280]

Don't get me wrong every year during flooding time Our beloved Neighbor India opens their dams to save themselves from flooding but during summer they doesn't even provide enough water for our agriculture

[@Istiyak098]

Agreed

[@yammolcho8127]

This was an interesting ass video, this stuff usually gets overlooked so I'm happy you guys made an video on this.

[@zukacs]

It would be interesting to see how countries where epidemics are common reacted to covid

[@mihiec]

Same!

[@madoxxxx06]

That's why COVID has such a little effect and mortality in most African countries, especially those that had already fought Ebola.

[@Despotic_Waffle]

Respect to Bangldesh from Malaysia. I have many Bangladeshi friends in university. Show them asian ingenuity and how adaptable you are.

[@it_is_what_it_was]

We are fighting with floods everyday....! Flood is our Bosom Friend We are the toogle people from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@user-propositionjoe]

Almost like people have more experience dealing with something when it happens a lot.

[@AIANevergonnagiveyouup]

it happens once or twice a year here,so we have a expirince of dealing with it

[@bmona7550]

Yeah. People literally party in my country when typhoon season comes. Just a regular day

[@zaforsadik4995]

Wanna hear a truth? Whenever a natural disasters happens in this country(Bangladesh) it is like a festival season for powerful people they fill their pockets with the relief money if 100 us dollar is donated for the affected people not even 1 dollar is actually given to those affected people.

[@patrickblanchette4337]

Stories like these give me hope in humanity’s future😊.

[@optimalintelligent8090]

Bangladesh has been robbed by British and Pakistan and do world expect it have luxury life after all this, Bangladeshi has deal flooding. Surprisingly Bangladesh economy will over take Denmark, Singapore in next 3 years.

[@josephakame6423]

We never Robbed your country...Before independence Bangladesh was underdeveloped and there was not much to ROB for us...it was all about cultural differences and fight for governance. It is far better like this...we don't even care if Bangladesh has more economic development...Good for them...We have our own problems regarding climate change.

[@surajitdas7695]

@@josephakame6423 bulll- you can't say that all the wealth just magically vanished. It was a systematic loot of Indian economy, British govt was the one who brought divide between Hindus and Muslims and the consequences of your forefather's wrongdoings are still faced by all of us. Don't go on professing about your Royal Empire when all you did was commit atrocities on people and fug up demographics

[@optimalintelligent8090]

@@josephakame6423 I am referencing British Empire.

[@brace_yourself]

@@josephakame6423 learn some history. Then come back. 🐸

[@arafat8636]

@@surajitdas7695 Thanks very much foe such a nice comment.. Well done bro...

[@srd001200]

Thanks for that episode ❤ from Bangladesh

[@NeetReel]

Dw thank you for this piece and Bangladesh the last few years i have felt proud of how you have been growing with maturity while I watch as my heart breaks looking at my own nation falling apart.

[@NeetReel]

@Ryan Longman the other country around here

[@tamzidrahman6655]

Bangladesh has been facing such calamities for centuries and our people are well prepared and just mentally more strong to face nature's wrath. In terms of survival, we are probably at top somewhere.

[@happysummer546]

Apart from technological and social points, people in Bangladesh are born in the rivers, play in there, live there and then breath their last in those very rivers. Well, that was metaphorical. But it is said that Russia had general winter we have general monsoon. Water/rivers really run in our veins❤

[@louhernandez1691]

You can really tell how smart a person is. A lot of people just make statements without even thinking.

[@pketr5]

That non ironic use of "streets ahead" was wild to me. Is it a term people actually use?

[@Joostuh]

I thought it was just Pierce Hawthorn

[@the-cleric4821]

So meta...

[@nukalord9255]

If you have to ask, I'm afraid you're streets behind

[@PChan-yt4uf]

@@nukalord9255 Hahaha. Spot on !

[@sakeebkhan5762]

maybe he Just wanted to "miles ahead" and then he thought that would be a very bold claim, so he opted for a lesser distance which is "streets ahead". Lol

[@abdulaziztaseen2998]

Masha Allah, very nice Bangladesh

[@arbin909]

Climate change is a challenge for humanity. Every community, every individual has a part in it and we need more researches like this to combine our knowledge and work together across the world

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

Wow, I had no idea about how culture affects the effects of these disasters. Thanks for the explanation. The changes in the culture speaks volumes. Thanks for the video.

[@akashoreki2204]

Love to Bangladesh from India 🇮🇳

[@akashoreki2204]

@@poornarendrachudibhikarili3838 why do u think India hates?

[@Shobhan-sh]

@@poornarendrachudibhikarili3838 live in ur delusion 😆

[@EastEndEnquirer]

Really good, thanks for this.

[@Dfathurr]

"The smart often lost to the experienced" -unknown

[@mutahar_sami]

Proud to be a Bangladeshi!🇧🇩❤️🇩🇪

[@004nasibanahianahona4]

Well maybe 25 years ago you could tell Bangladesh as a poor country but now Bangladesh is going to be higher middle income class

[@safyabhore2154]

Good pace of the video which makes it easy to understand. Unlike many videos nowadays in which narration is super fast, (neglecting the fact that English is not every one's first language).

[@AshikSatheesh]

"Climate has already changed." Only way is perhaps to learn and adapt to the changed world.

[@mahbubanik2786]

I think the main problem is people in Germany or Europe did not consider it as risk. But here in Bangladesh people are aware of this kind of dangers due to cyclone because of their ancestral experiences.

[@-visionlamps1496]

Bengal Sultanate will rise agian. Golden days will return in Bangladesh (Formal Bengal Sultanate). 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@genexialgaming4770]

Wow the admin of the channel is still giving hearts

[@medakabox2015]

5:23 it's a bit misleading. they don't double up as schools rather they double up as cyclone centers mostly the places that the cyclone centers are built on were originally schools.

[@medakabox2015]

@@AIANevergonnagiveyouup you live in the city. in villages it's different

[@medakabox2015]

@@AIANevergonnagiveyouup in those villages some areas and schools were 5-7 km apart that's why government created this hybrid school and cyclone center

[@AIANevergonnagiveyouup]

@@medakabox2015 IK but the study system is the thing it's mostly history rather then current affairs

[@medakabox2015]

@@AIANevergonnagiveyouup changing text book every year is hard

[@AIANevergonnagiveyouup]

@@medakabox2015 But they could atleast change it every 4 years

[@EnamsEduHub]

Proud to be in BANGLADESH.. ❤️❤️

[@malikfahadkhanjoyia2672]

Well done to aware the world. Well done Bangladesh.

[@hallowedduke1610]

Happy to see positive reports on Bangladesh

[@honolulu7793]

The main reasons of flooding in Bangladesh is India

[@Tpoleful]

Those are flash floods, not cyclones.

[@AIANevergonnagiveyouup]

India already suffered alot during cyclones and flooding is really normal here in moonson,autumn and first half of late autumn

[@Isnapthesky]

@@Joshin344 that recent incident was really unfortunate. We had no idea something like that could happen, anyway what else do you expect from a bunch of religious fanatics? Apologies!

[@yashrao5269]

@@Joshin344 Finally someone said the truth

[@hasanfoyejul5500]

ধন্যবাদ... thanks DW.

[@ShafayatFahim]

Now we are in a stable situation from nature and saved the southern part but still fighting with Indian man-made flood to save our northern part...

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

As a healthcare worker we had to learn disaster preparedness. But this should be added to the course.

[@ahnafazmain3747]

Because we have been fighting climate change for ages now. We are accustomed to these regular floods, but the world just doesn't pay attention to poor countries.

[@rajiburrahman8176]

Excellent video.

[@anubisreincarnated5046]

well if anyone's wondering why the economy is an issue here let me bring it down to you Bangladesh is a poor county which doesn't even have solid infrastructure in the architecture of its buildings.. when we talk about the countryside we mean it's really poor and undeveloped the capital dhaka is a metropolis this is the epicenter of the whole country Chittagong is the port city and all other district cities are fairly okay so the high rises of Dhaka saves itself as it is in the middle and also from the coastal and border sides Sundarbans is the saviour as always as most of the natural disasters hits us from the south but we get flooded no matter what we stay flooded in the dhaka city the 1/6 of the whole year.. so we are pretty used to it we have adapted and overcame the situation and being a poor country we had to we had to find a way to survive where you have the need you have the urge to do the deed

[@jabidhasan8512]

Yes we are poor but we are batter than our neighbours like Myanmar, Pakistan and India. We are fully confident of surviving like our ancestor did for thousands years. We are modern generation , we will use science technology and foreign ideas and combat cyclones Inshallah.

[@nafisfuadayon6832]

We are not a poor country.

[@yashrao5269]

@@jabidhasan8512 better than India? Can you explain how? And don't say Bangladesh's per capita is bigger than India, it is measured on basis of PPP and india is far ahead of Bangladesh

[@jabidhasan8512]

@@yashrao5269 aaaa lag geya

[@floriank5424]

Minute 8:52 my Home Town Tübingen nice place to visit but we didn't have floods there 🙃

[@ToneyCrimson]

Nobody has more experience i guess...

[@elle9390]

This was an excellent video!

[@DWPlanetA]

Glad you enjoyed it! We're releasing one more today so don't forget to hit the subscribe button so you don't miss it :)

[@genericman4078]

People take cyclone warnings seriously in BD because the government deploys police on the streets in the costal areas. Sometimes the police employs baton charges on people unwilling to evacuate. Being hit with a stick is a good motivation to start running. Also, there are countless levies protecting population centers. Despite all efforts, millions of people build homes, schools, mosques on the edge of local waterways or in new river islands and end up losing everything when the rivers swell up. There is literally no other place for them to go.

[@abusayed1296]

Very good suggestions.for environment aware news.

[@dark_matter718]

Watching from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Lovely documentary but you are showing underdeveloped poor areas of Bangladesh 🇧🇩. It's very sad. We have Asia's fastest growing economy. By 2030 we will become a middle income country and by 2041 a developed nation. A huge number of infrastructure projects are under construction. We are dreamers - and we expect little respect for the hard work we are doing to achieve our dream. Thank you

[@blacktx1873]

It's about flooded area and they are always poor.

[@AIANevergonnagiveyouup]

@@Zahir244820 Visit Chottogram or Dhaka and you will see why we don't dare dream big

[@scienceidea3988]

ভাই এটা বাংলাদেশের দূর্যোগপূর্ণ জায়গা গুলো নিয়ে করা রিপোর্ট। আপনার কমেন্ট দেখে অন্যরা আরো হাসবে।

[@ronymazumder5961]

so its about flood and you want them to show your flyovers and not the roads that's gets flooded, okay!!! lol

[@GZ-ASSASSIN]

Bangladesh is a role model now for India also. Love the way Bangladesh working . Keep it up my bangladesh friends

[@rahul8454]

DW @ 3:42 its not any bengali news channel rather its an odia channel , odia is an indian language belonging to odisha state of india. But odisha is also a tropical cylone prone state state of india. In 2000 supercyclone struck odisha killing more than 10,000 people. I am just trying to say that the footage of that news channel is not correct in context of bangladesh/bengal/west bengal.

[@DWPlanetA]

Edit: Hi! You are right, this is from an Indian channel. We included this footage because Indian states in the Bay of Bengal have shared Bangladesh's success in collecting weather data and predicting cyclones like Amphan. (Though, as you point out, these states haven't had the same level of success at evacuating people out of harm's way - even if death tolls have also fallen in India.) The text that clarified this got edited out - we apologize for the ambiguity. Hope this clears things up and thanks for the comment!

[@mixyguy6]

Love and respect for Bangladesh and Pakistan. 🇧🇩 🇧🇩 🇧🇩 ♥️♥️♥️🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰

[@arashid0]

Bangladesh gets double & some times triple flood. One are natural others are man made, like the flood happening now in north of Bangladesh. These have been taking place for past 50 years due to having a arrogant neighboring country whole's blocked all the rivers coming downstream to Bangladesh & feels free to wage water war (this is India's description of China building dam on top of India, hence its only fair to use it for them too) on Bangladesh annually, destroying life's uplifting people, destroying crops, destroying business (specially fishery as fish would escape), also then go & destroy Bangladesh further by stopping the water for so long that some parts of Bangladesh is turning to deserts. No western nation is looking at the constructive & intentional scheme India does to make Bangladesh suffer. People of the world need some reality lessons just as the lesson people are learning about pandemic situation, this planet is one hence we as human unless start working to save it we may survive doing what we do but our future generation will suffer greatly & the situation may get to a stage of no return. We would than kick our self for being so stupid.

[@mdzahadhasan8565]

True

[@robhurst4101]

Beware of hindu extremist

[@surajitdas7695]

So do you expect us to suffer from flood waters coming from China?? Don't blame us, blame China

[@AA-wd2or]

I'm happy that Bangladesh find the way's how to protect people lifes. All other can learn from them and adapt their practical model to their specific needs..

[@abirchowdhury3892]

The title is highly misleading. I am from Bangladesh, by the way. And I know, how vulnerable we are! Reading/seeing this title of the video, the whole population of Bangladesh will have a false satisfaction of achievement! Most people will not see the video inside, and compare them with german people, and spread everywhere to be proud of how we are now, not trying to improve.

[@saminyasir1847]

I'm waiting for the news to publish in the front page of Prothom Alo tomorrow. The way the man said "Bangladesh is street ahead in this term" only a Bangladeshi can understand the irony. Not gonna lie though, I felt a bit of pride watching the news 😅

[@blacktx1873]

We already have false satisfaction of achievement and you right about our mentality.

[@Isnapthesky]

Not gonna lie, they exaggerated a lot when they made the title.

[@itsbusiness4789]

Bangladesh improved a lot. People died less in Bangladesh for the climate change. But think about the old picture.

[@myaccount2400]

Lol bnp jamaat internet wing😆

[@aafsterlife9647]

SUCH a useful video! Great approach to thinking about climate change!

[@AbdulKader-jt5gd]

I am from Bhola, Bangladesh ❤️. The main factor is experience 😁. You can say that both locals and goverment are experienced by learning hard lessons year after year. One things you have missed that repeated warning via TV/SMS/Social Sites/Radio given to fishing boats and costal transports and vulnerable locals in advance. And the main part we have 🌲🌲🌲🌲 SUNDERBAN LARGEST MANGROVE FOREST🌲🌲🌲🌲

[@mrsugar7528]

Yeah mangrove trees help immensely in mitigating the floods

[@Whyinem]

Solid explanation

[@epicmusic7918]

Wow i live in Bangladesh i never thought it was so dangerous.😅 I mean cyclone a folds are kind of normal here.

[@sush6680]

Wow, didn't know this about Bangladesh

[@arvison9]

All praises goes to our inspiring leader Sheik Hasina. Her sincerity and great ambition to lift the country out of poverty as well as safety for the people, is working. Even though nasty anti-libaration party waiting to destroy progress, her strong leadership keep us going forward. Honestly we are blessed to have a prime minister like Sheik Hasina.

[@istiakahmed6600]

I am from Bangladesh 🇧🇩and I am very proud

[@shapinabegum3435]

Well done Bangladesh well with everything

[@lucasjose4541]

Similar story of success is Orissa in India. Tropical hurricane prone coastline has really decreased the loss in lives in that state.