Published :
Updated :
For all latest news, follow The Financial Express Google News channel.
The flash flood in the country's north-east may last for three more days while floodwaters in six districts are likely to swell for seven more days.
Floodwaters in north-eastern districts, including Sylhet and Sunamganj, may continue to rise for three more days, said an official at Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB).
The flash-flood situation may start improving from the middle or end of this week, he told the FE.
Floodwaters may mostly deluge Kurigram, Gaibandha, Jamalpur, Sylhet, Sunamganj, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari, said BWDB executive engineer Md Arifuzzaman Bhuiyan.
However, the flood situation in these districts may start improving after a week, he added.
Seven districts are already under flooding due to heavy rainfall compounded by torrential rain in the Indian state of Meghalaya and Assam according to the BWDB.
Hundreds of thousands of homesteads have been submerged in the flood-hit districts.
"We've sent flood warning to the district administrations concerned so that they can take precautionary measures as per the BWDB's recommendations," said Mr Bhuiyan.
Flood may also cause river erosion and damage to the embankment. The local administration has also been asked for immediate response to this end, he added.
"We've asked the inhabitants of low-lying areas to take refuge in flood shelter centres," Mr Bhuiyan cited.
Relief distribution and evacuation process have already been taken in the affected areas, he mentioned.
The Brahmaputra and Jamuna may continue to rise in the next 10 days with an almost 100-per cent chance of flooding as water level exceeds danger point in Fulchar of Gaibandha, Bahadurabad of Jamalpur, Sariakandi of Bogura, Sirajganj and Kazipur of Sirajganj.
"This may result in short-medium flooding (at least five to seven days) in lowlands of these districts," according to a BWDB forecast issued on Saturday.
"The Ganges-Padma river may rise. The Padma at Bhagyakul of Munshiganj and Goalanda of Rajbari may cross danger level in the next five days."
Rivers around Dhaka city may swell, but there is no probability of flooding, the forecast centre predicted.
Flood is likely to hit some more districts in the low-lying areas of the districts next week and then the flood may recede, the official told the FE.
The districts include Kurigram, Gaibandha, Jamalpur, Kaunia of Rangpur, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Bogura, Dinajpur, Naogaon, Sirajganj, Tangail, Manikganj, Munshiganj, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Faridpur, Rajbari and Netrokona.
According to the flood warning centre, water level in 78 out of 102 points of different rivers is rising.