Existing cyclone shelter centres need to be remodelled
Saturday, 19 December 2009
Experts said the existing cyclone-shelter centres in the country's southern region would have to be remodelled by 2050 to save the coastal people from natural disasters due to sea-level rise apprehended to be caused by global warming, according to experts.
They predict that the existing cyclone centres in the coastal belt are likely to be hit by tidal surge, tsunami, cyclone and other natural calamities in the near future, as the sea level may rise 2 to 3 metres by 2050 because of global warming, reports UNB.
Emaduddin Ahmed, executive director of the Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) and also a climate change expert, told the news agency that the people of costal belt would face numerous disasters like tsunami and cyclone due to climate change.
"Several severe cyclones, including the recent two major ones - Sidr and Aila - had originated in the Bay in the last couple of years due to global temperature rise and this tendency will grow in the future. Therefore, the existing cyclone shelter centres will have to be remodeled by 2050 to face the upcoming cyclones," he said.
They predict that the existing cyclone centres in the coastal belt are likely to be hit by tidal surge, tsunami, cyclone and other natural calamities in the near future, as the sea level may rise 2 to 3 metres by 2050 because of global warming, reports UNB.
Emaduddin Ahmed, executive director of the Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) and also a climate change expert, told the news agency that the people of costal belt would face numerous disasters like tsunami and cyclone due to climate change.
"Several severe cyclones, including the recent two major ones - Sidr and Aila - had originated in the Bay in the last couple of years due to global temperature rise and this tendency will grow in the future. Therefore, the existing cyclone shelter centres will have to be remodeled by 2050 to face the upcoming cyclones," he said.