More than a million people in Bangladesh's northeastern districts, including Sylhet and nearby Sunamganj and Moulvibazar, were stranded due to major flooding after days of heavy rain, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Sheikh Russel Hasan, deputy commissioner and district magistrate of Sylhet, said fresh floods caused by heavy rain submerged low-lying areas in parts of the Sylhet region.
"About 800,000 people in Sylhet district are currently facing the third wave of floods," he said, adding that tens of thousands of people were left homeless in low-lying areas in the country's northeast.
According to the official, prolonged torrential rains and runoff from the mountainous regions bordering India caused the region's major rivers to swell beyond their dangerous levels.
Water levels at 90 river stations monitored by the South Asian country's Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (FFWC) have reportedly marked a rise, while 19 stations recorded a fall.
FFWC Executive Engineer Sardar Udoy Raihan predicted that the flood situation in Sylhet region will continue as almost the entire country experienced heavy rains caused by active monsoon.
Sylhet reportedly recorded 294 mm of rain since 6:00 am. m. Monday until 6:00 a.m. m. on Tuesday. "If rainfall increases, flooding will worsen in Sylhet. It is already raining in Sylhet. Rivers are flowing above their warning levels," Deepak Ranjan Das, executive engineer of the Sylhet Water Development Board, said in a report. of the media. Officials said there are no known injuries or deaths in the districts so far as a result of the ongoing flooding.
Sylhet Additional Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Mubarak Hossain said people are flocking to shelters. They are distributing relief and aid to those affected.
Millions of people in Bangladesh, crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers, suffer from flooding as the low-lying country experiences seasonal flooding each year during the June-September monsoon, when rivers flowing into the Bay of Bengal overflow their banks.
Last month, flash floods displaced more than 2 million people during two rounds of flooding in the region, affecting hundreds of areas and causing untold suffering to residents.
Sheikh Russel Hasan, deputy commissioner and district magistrate of Sylhet, said fresh floods caused by heavy rain submerged low-lying areas in parts of the Sylhet region.
"About 800,000 people in Sylhet district are currently facing the third wave of floods," he said, adding that tens of thousands of people were left homeless in low-lying areas in the country's northeast.
According to the official, prolonged torrential rains and runoff from the mountainous regions bordering India caused the region's major rivers to swell beyond their dangerous levels.
Water levels at 90 river stations monitored by the South Asian country's Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (FFWC) have reportedly marked a rise, while 19 stations recorded a fall.
FFWC Executive Engineer Sardar Udoy Raihan predicted that the flood situation in Sylhet region will continue as almost the entire country experienced heavy rains caused by active monsoon.
Sylhet reportedly recorded 294 mm of rain since 6:00 am. m. Monday until 6:00 a.m. m. on Tuesday. "If rainfall increases, flooding will worsen in Sylhet. It is already raining in Sylhet. Rivers are flowing above their warning levels," Deepak Ranjan Das, executive engineer of the Sylhet Water Development Board, said in a report. of the media. Officials said there are no known injuries or deaths in the districts so far as a result of the ongoing flooding.
Sylhet Additional Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Mubarak Hossain said people are flocking to shelters. They are distributing relief and aid to those affected.
Millions of people in Bangladesh, crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers, suffer from flooding as the low-lying country experiences seasonal flooding each year during the June-September monsoon, when rivers flowing into the Bay of Bengal overflow their banks.
Last month, flash floods displaced more than 2 million people during two rounds of flooding in the region, affecting hundreds of areas and causing untold suffering to residents.
