Heavy rainfall in the country as well as in India’s Assam and Meghalaya states have caused floods in several districts, which is unusual at this time of the year.
Tomorrow is the first day of Bangla month Ashar.
The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre yesterday said all the major rivers in the country are in a rising trend and are likely to be so for the next 48 hours.
It also said flood situations in some areas of Sunamganj, Bogra, Sylhet and Gaibandha might deteriorate further in the next 48 hours.
But Arifuzzaman Bhuiyan, sub-divisional engineer of the centre, said the situation would not last longer as the Met Office projected that rainfall would stop within the next two days.
As of yesterday morning, four rivers, including the Jamuna, flowed above danger levels.
In the northern part of the country, the Jamuna River in Sarikandi area of Bogra flowed 4cm above the danger level while the Ghagot River in Gaibanhda had water flowing 1cm above the danger level.
In the northeastern part, flood situation is the worst as the Surma River in Sunamganj and the Sarigowain River in Sylhet flowed 35cm and 24cm above the danger level yesterday.
According to Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the north central and northeastern parts are experiencing medium to heavy rainfall which may continue for the next 48 hours.
It also said light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur in a few places in Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions, with moderately heavy rainfalls in some places across the country.
Abul Kalam Mollik, a meteorologist at Bangladesh Meteorological Department, said the country experienced the highest rainfall yesterday in the current season, which is 663 millimeters as of 6pm yesterday, while the normal rainfall on the 13th day of June is 480 millimeters.
“We had more rainfall today than yesterday, and the trend will continue for the next two days as it is high monsoon now,” he said.
Citing the Met Office forecast and heavy rainfalls in India’s upper catchment areas, the flood forecasting centre said flood situations in those river basins would deteriorate but the problem would be solved by the next few days when the amount of rainfall would reduce.
