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BSS-57
FLOOD-SITUATION-COUNTRY-2 LAST DHAKA
Our Sylhet divisional office reports: Thousands of people are experiencing second phase of flood situation in low-lying, haor and beel areas in the northeastern districts of Sylhet and Sunamganj and some areas in Habiganj as well.
People of Sumamganj are witnessing major spikes of flood in the region as low-lying areas in Chhatak, Doyarabazar, South Sunamganj and Jagannathpur upazila have gone under water due to overflowing water levels of river Surma at different points, caused by onrush of upstream water along with heavy to very heavy rainfall.
District town’s road communications still remained cut off with all upazila headquarters. Besides communications between some upazilas were also cut off as roads went under flood waters.
Over hundred fish enclosures in Surma, Bogula and Doyara unions in Sunamganj have overflowed due to flood waters causing loss of fishes worth Taka several crore. Doyarabazar upazila is the worst affected in the second phase of flood in the district.
In the Brahmaputra basin, water levels of upper Atrai marked a sharp rise of 76cm at Bhushirbandar point in Dinajpur flowing 36cm above its DM at the point till 9am while river Gur was flowing 32 above its DM at Singra point in nonwestern Natore district with a 07cm rise overnight.
Water levels of river Atrai marked a 19cm and 17cm rise overnight at Baghabari point in Sirajganj and Atrai point Naogaon flowing 25cm and 13cm above its DMs respectively till 9am while river Dhaleshwari was flowing 25cm above its DM at Elashinghat point with a 26cm rise overnight.
In the Ganges-Padma basin, river Padma was flowing 30cm and 02cm above its DM at Goalondo point in Rajbari and Bhagyakul point in Munshiganj till 9am with a 25cm rise and 24cm rise overnight.
In the upper Meghna basin, river Surma was flowing 69cm, 03cam and 14cm above its danger marks (DMs) at Kanaighat point in Sylhet district, Sylhet point and Sunamganj point with 02cm, 06cm and 17cm fall at the respective points till 9am, it said.
River Kushiyara was flowing 20cm above its DM at Amalshid point in Sylhet district with a 3cm rise overnight while water levels of Old Surma marked a 04cm rise flowing 35cm above its DM at Derai point in Sunamganj and Someshwari was flowing 13cm above its DM at Kalmakanda point in Netrokona district with a 14cm fall overnight.
According to FFWC, the recorded rainfalls were 155 millimeters (MM) at Kurigram, 58mm at Cox’s Bazar, 55mm at Sylhet, 107mm Noakhali, 55mm at Bandarban, 55mm at Dalia, 92mm at Teknaf, 55mm at Lalakhal and 52mm at Chilmari station in the last 24 hours till 9am today in the downstream.
During that period, 49mm rainfall was recorded at Cherrapunji and 44mm at Gangtok stations of the northwestern Indian states of Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura in the upstream.
Bangladesh Metrological Department predicted that light to moderate rain is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi and Dhaka divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the country in the next 24 hours till 9am tomorrow.
It said the rainfall activity may decrease gradually in the next 72 hours while the axis of monsoon runs through Rajsthan, Hariyana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal to Assam across central part of Bangladesh.
One of its associated trough extends up to North Bay and monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and moderate over North Bay, it added.
BSS/Asg/MKD/GA/2007 hrs