Some low-lying areas in the country were flooded due to heavy rainfall which caused the level of water in rivers of the areas to rise.
Houses and crops were destroyed while people had to leave homes and move to shelters.
Incessant rain and onrush of hill water have caused Bhogai river in Nalitabari of Sherpur to overflow, resulting in flood in different areas, mostly the low-lying ones.
More than a hundred houses, a number of ponds, Baganbari Kindergarten School near the town bus stop, Shimultara Government Primary School and several other places were inundated as heavy flow of water caused the banks of the river to erode on Tuesday.
People living in low lands ran into trouble as they struggled to save their homes, furniture and cattle.
Baganbari Kindergarten School and Shimultara Government Primary School were closed following the flooding while knee-deep water is flowing on Nalitabari-Nakugaon road.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mahbuba Irin said the extent of the damage could not be determined as the areas were flooded all of a sudden due to torrential rain.
We can determine it once the floodwater recedes, she said, adding that Nalitabari Municipality Chairman Anwar Hossain visited the afflicted areas.
Meanwhile, low-lying areas in two upazilas of Sunamganj were inundated as water level rose in the rivers of the district in the wake of heavy downpour.
The upazilas are Tahirpur and Bishambharpur. In Tahirpur, 540 mud houses, a 12-kilometre village road and crops in 250 acres of land were completely destroyed while 30 families lost their homes in Bishambharpur due to river erosion.
Water in Surma river is flowing 57 centimetres above the danger level and water level is gradually rising in other rivers as well.
In the last 24 hours, Sunamganj Water Development Board has recorded 175 millimetres of rainfall.
The rise of water in haors has added to people’s woes. 10 houses in Adarsha village have completely been submerged, forcing the residents to take shelter in Adarsha Village Community Centre.
Prajesh Barman, a resident of the village, said of the 65 houses in the village, 15 were waterlogged.
Another villager Jhantu Talukdar said they had to move elsewhere because of waterlogging problem in their house.
Rajib Ahmed, executive magistrate and district relief and rehabilitation official, said a list of the people affected by flood was sent to the authorities.
“Aid will be delayed as the previous fiscal year has just ended. We will distribute aid as soon as we receive it. The situation deteriorated because of the incessant rainfall,” he added.