The waterlogging caused by heavy rainfall in Noakhali has turned into severe flooding.
Water has already inundated all areas of the district. Homes and roads are underwater. Locals have started moving into shelters.
On Wednesday evening, a visit to the Adarsha High School shelter in Noakhali revealed that nearly 280 people from around 60 families had taken refuge there. Many had to leave their homes, leaving behind their pets, and rushed to the shelter with just the clothes on their backs.
Abdur Rashid from Lakshminarayanpur, who arrived at the shelter, said: "I haven't seen so much water in the last 20 years. Water has risen up to waist level in the house. Everything inside is ruined. All the poultry has drowned and died. I came to the shelter with my wife and children to save our lives."
Rupa Akter, an eleventh-grade student at Noakhali Government Women's College, said: "The water in our house has risen so much that it's impossible to stay there anymore. So, I came to the shelter with my parents. None of us could eat anything at noon today. Now my father has brought some puffed rice from the town, and we're surviving on that."
Noakhali Deputy Commissioner Dewan Mahbubur Rahman reported that 8,000 families have already taken refuge in 350 shelters across Noakhali. Another 100 shelters are being prepared.
