The death toll from the devastating floods in the country rose to 119 on Friday morning, with another death in Moulvibazar in the past 24 hours.
The latest victim drowned in floodwaters, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of the total number of deceased, 92 drowned in floodwaters, 15 were struck by lightning, two died from snakebites, one from diarrhoea and nine due to other reasons.
Of them, 65 died in Sylhet division, 41 in Mymensingh, 12 in Rangpur and one in Dhaka, the DGHS said.
Out of a total of 70 flood-hit upazilas, 33 are in Sylhet division, 16 in Rangpur, 20 in Mymensingh and one in Chittagong.
Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona and Kurigram are the worst-hit districts, with 13, 11, 10 and nine upazilas being affected by floods, respectively.


