WFP starts early flood assistance in haor areas

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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched anticipatory action in Bangladesh's northeastern haor region, delivering focused support to communities at risk of severe flooding. Under the initiative, life-saving cash assistance is being distributed to vulnerable communities in Moulvibazar and Habiganj districts of Sylhet division, WFP said in a statement on 30 April. Through its anticipatory action programme, WFP is delivering Tk5,000 directly to each household at high risk of flooding, based on reliable weather forecasts and pre-agreed triggers. The first round of cash d