A fresh wave of flash flood swept Sunamganj between Thursday and Friday, briefly inundating low-lying areas in the district, which, along with other districts in Sylhet division, had witnessed three flash floods since late May.
Over the past two days, torrential rain in Bangladesh and its adjacent upstream areas in India triggered the latest wave of floods.
The rain continued through Friday over a vast landscape in Bangladesh and India but with forecasts of letting up today and spells of very heavy rainfall becoming less frequent over the next week.
鈥楳any rivers, particularly in the north and north-east, might drop below their danger mark by next week,鈥� said Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre executive engineer Sarder Udoy Raihan.
The Surma River flowed 30cm above the danger mark at Sunamganj after swelling 40cm in the 24 hours until 9:00am on Friday, said a bulletin of the FFWC.
The last time the Surma flowed above the danger mark at Sunamganj was on July 3.
Seven rivers flowed above their danger mark at 18 points in nine districts on Friday morning, the FFWC聽 said, adding that it observed water level rise in three-fourths of the places.
The latest spell of flooding started on July 1, and rivers started dropping over the past week. But the fresh wet spell caused most of them to rise again over the past 24-hour reporting cycle of the FFWC.
In the 24 hours until 9:00am on Friday, the FFWC said, Cox鈥檚 Bazar witnessed 300mm of rainfall, followed by over 100mm of rainfall over the same period in many places in the north and northeast.
Dhaka recorded 103mm of rainfall over the same time, the FFWC said.
The FFWC reported 160mm of rainfall in Cherrapunji, India, over the same time.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Sylhet reported the death of a pregnant housewife and her mother-in-law from drowning at Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj on Friday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as a six-month-pregnant woman, Pipasa Akter, 21, a resident of Janiarchar village, and her mother-in-law, Rezia Akter, 55.
The victims had gone to take a bath in Mugrain Haor near their home at around 2:00pm.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Sirajganj reported that the ongoing flood affected over a lakh people in five upazilas as the Jamuna continued to swell.
The Jamuna was flowing above its danger marks at eight river gauging stations, with all observing a rise in water levels in the past reporting cycle.
Academic activities have been suspended in at least 200 schools in the Sirajganj district.
Erosion is also wreaking havoc in the district, particularly in Shahjadapur, where about 50 houses were destroyed in the last month.
The FFWC, in its bulletin issued in the afternoon, said that the Ganges River was in a rising trend, which may continue in the next 72 hours.
The Padma River is also showing a rising trend, with the likelihood of it persisting for the next 24 hours.
In the next 24 hours, the flood situation at some low-lying areas adjacent to the Brahmaputra-Jamuna river in Kurigram, Jamalpur, and Gaibandha districts may improve, but the flood situation may remain steady in Boguura, Tangail, and Sirajganj districts, the FFWC bulletin said.
In the next 24 hours, the Teesta, Dharla, and Dudhkumar rivers in the northern region of the country may rise at times.
In the next 24 hours, the Jamuneswari, Karatoa, Ichamoti-Jamuna, and Atrai rivers may remain steady, while the Mahananda River may rise in the northern and north-western regions of the country.
The India Meteorological Department reported up to 350mm of rainfall in Bangladesh鈥檚 upstream, including in Assam and Meghalaya, in the 24 hours until 8:30am on Friday.
