Bangladesh 2025 Monsoon Flood Crisis

Bangladesh’s 2025 monsoon flood crisis began in mid-May and intensified through July, driven by heavy monsoon rainfall, upstream runoff from India, and localized flash floods across the northeast, southeast, and coastal areas. Early June reporting from humanitarian sources said several districts were severely affected, including Sylhet, Sunamganj, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Netrokona, Noakhali, Bhola, Khagrachari, Bandarban, and Rangamati, with Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar also damaged by rain, landslides, and wind. The UN humanitarian plan for Bangladesh described the 2024-25 cyclone and monsoon flood response as affecting an estimated 18 million people, indicating that the crisis is part of a broader recurring flood emergency rather than a single isolated event. By 10-11 July 2025, Reuters reported at least 44 deaths and more than one million people stranded across seven southeastern districts, with 267,918 households disrupted by flooding, while relief operations relied on the army and navy to deliver food, water, medicines, and other essentials by boat. ReliefWeb also reported that 63,860 families were stranded in Noakhali, 3,837 families in six unions of Fulgazi, Parashuram, and Feni Sadar were waterlogged and without electricity and mobile coverage, and 15,350 people were affected in Feni-area flooding; the government also distributed cash and rice to affected people. Separate reporting cited 53 landslides in the Rohingya camps in early June, more than 1,400 shelters damaged, and one refugee killed, underscoring the continuing humanitarian impact on displaced populations.