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Flood situation in Feni, Cumilla, CHT, Chandpur may worsen further

Flood 2024-08-22, 10:37am




The water levels of seven major rivers in the country were exceeding the danger level at nine points at 9am on Wednesday

The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre has predicted that the flood situation in areas such as Feni and Cumilla, which have been submerged by heavy rains and water from mountain runoff is likely to worsen further.

A middle-aged man tries to secure the safety of his children from flood that has engulfed his home in Feni.

Sarder Udoy Raihan, the executive engineer of the centre, said that it has rained in the border area between Bangladesh and Tripura due to a monsoon depression, triggering flash floods in Habiganj, Moulvibazar, Feni, Chattogram and Cumilla.

“The circumstances will remain unchanged in the next 24 hours and it may recede then. The flood situation may ease in many places within three days.”

The centre’s regular bulletin said the water levels in major rivers in the country’s northeastern, eastern and southeastern regions are increasing.

The water levels of seven rivers in the country were exceeding the danger level at nine points at 9am on Wednesday.

Among 116 stations of the flood forecasting centre, the water levels eased at 50 points but showed a rising trend at 62 points while four other points remained unchanged at that time.

More than 200 villages have been inundated in the Fulgazi, Parshuram, and Chagalnaiya Upazilas in Feni in a third round of floods this year. Nearly 200,000 are living in waterlogged conditions.

Meanwhile, the water from upstream hill runoff and downpours have waterlogged the Akhaura land port in Brahmanbaria, halting passenger transit as the immigration building went under knee-deep water.

In addition, heavy rain and mountain runoff have swelled the waters of the Maini and Kachalong rivers in Khagrachhari, leading to flooding along most of the Khagrachhari-Sajek road.

Citing information from meteorological organisations, the flood forecasting centre said moderate to heavy rainfall is expected over the northeastern region and adjacent upstream areas of the country in the next 48 hours.

As a result, water levels of the major rivers in the Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona, Moulvibazar and Habiganj districts may surge at times at some points during the period.

The centre also predicted medium to heavy rains in the country’s southeastern, eastern and adjacent upstream areas in the next 24 hours. As a result, the water levels of the Muhuri, the Feni, the Halda, the Sangu, the Matamuhuri and the Gumti rivers may remain steady.