The country’s flood situation is likely to stay the same over the next few days, as the water level continues to climb in rivers of the upstream Indian states of Assam and Meghalaya.
Like previous days, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre continued to maintain a cautionary stance regarding the overall flood scenario.
Ripon Karmaker, on-duty forecasting officer of the flood warning centre, told the Dhaka Tribune that water levels of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna rivers in Bangladesh is expected to rise for at least the next 72 hours as Indian upstream water levels were still rising.
“The current trends show that more areas of northern Bangladesh will be flooded, especially in the districts of Kurigram, Gaibandha, Bogra, Sirajganj, Sherpur, Jamalpur and Sunamganj,” he added.
In the next 48 hours, the overall flood situation in the north and central districts might deteriorate, while the Padma would also be experiencing rising trends, Ripon added.
However, the flood scenario might improve in the northeastern parts as almost all the rivers over there, with the exceptions of Surma-Kushiyara, were in falling trends. All the rivers in this region may remain steady in the next 24 hours before starting to fall in 48 hours.
As the rivers Jamuna and Padma are in rising trend for the last couple of days, the rivers around the Dhaka city are also in rising trend, but are likely to stay below danger level for the next 72 hours.
Ripon Karmaker assured that the water level was not rising in an unusual rate that could cause flooding in vast areas across the country.
The ongoing flood situation has been a result of recent heavy rainfall in the country’s north and northeastern regions, along with the Indian states of Assam and Meghalaya. However, the pattern of heavy rainfall in the areas has already been reduced.
According to Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the volume of rainfall has reduced in the last 24 hours across the country as the monsoon was receding.
But according to yesterday’s flood bulletin, 22 measuring stations in different northern and northeastern rivers in Bangladesh showed that water was still flowing above the danger level.