Floodwaters have washed away some 200 houses, damaged crops of over 10,000 hectares in northern Kurigram district and rendered more than one lakh people marooned.
Flood situation continued to worsen as almost all the rivers in the district saw their water levels increase yesterday.
Of the flood-affected northern districts, Rangpur, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari saw water receding, but people there are now suffering from a food and drinking water shortage.
“This is the peak of the flooding season Bangladesh is facing now,” said Amirul Hossain, executive engineer of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC).
“The trend is likely to continue for the next three to four days,” he told The Daily Star yesterday.
The water of the Jamuna in Bahadurabad and Baghabari of Sirajganj, Sariakandi in Bogra and Dewanganj in Jamalpur was flowing above the danger level, according to FFWC of the Water Development Board (WDB).
The Ghaghat river in Gaibandha and Kanaighat in Sylhet and the Surma in Sylhet were also overflowing alarmingly.
Source - http://www.thedailystar.net/
