What is Bangladesh doing to reduce flooding?
How can we reduce flooding?
Activate flood protection devices (turn on sump pumps, close backflow
valves, etc.).
• Shut off electricity at the breaker panel.
• Safeguard important paperwork and move furniture, rugs, electronics,
and other valuable belongings to upper floors, or at least off the floor of
the ground level.
• Elevate major appliances onto concrete blocks.
• Clean gutters, downspouts, and splash pads, along with any nearby
drainage ditches or storm drains; clear snow and ice away from
foundations.
• Deploy temporary flood barriers, such as portable flood gates or shields,
sandbags, inflatable floodwalls, and flood skirts.