2005

• What happened in 2005?


  monsoon floods shut down electricity, water supply, transport and communications
• what did monsoon floods shut down in 2005?


  electricity, water supply, transport and communications
• how many people died?

  400
• how many homes destroyed?

  10,000
• how much worth of damage?

  $1.2 billion
• what was the blame?

  urban growth
• why was urban growth blamed?

  because mangroves, wetlands and green areas had all been built on