After showing a slight improvement last week, the flood situation has deteriorated again in six districts as major rivers are flowing above the danger level.
In Sunamgnaj, the flood situation worsened as most of the important rivers including the Surma -were flowing above the danger level.
According to the Water Development Board (WDB), Surma was overflowing by 54 centimetres at Sunamganj town,and 166 centimetres at Chhatak upazila.
The Jadukata river is also overflowing 134 centimetres above the danger level at Shaktiarkhola of Tahirpur upazila in Sunamganj.
Many roads in several upazilas are underwater and people are in misery.
In Nilphamari, the situation has worsened as the water level of the Teesta river is rising and inundating more areas for a fourth time.
The Teesta was flowing 24 centimetres above the danger level at Dalia point at 6am on Saturday, leaving around 5,000 people marooned in low lying areas.
People and cattle have been evacuated from Chhatnai, Jharsingeshwar, Charkharibari, East Kharibari, West Kharibari, Teesta Bazar, Baishpukur, Chatunama and Vendabari.
Rabiul Islam, executive engineer for WDB in Dalia, said the flood situation has taken a serious turn with the onrush of water from upstream.
In Kurigram also, the flood situation has worsened and erosion has also taken a serious turn following rising water levels in the rivers.
The flood control dam in Ververi of Holokhana union in the district headquarters is under threat.
According to WDB, in the last 24 hours, the water level in the Teesta has risen by 28 cms and is flowing only 2 cm below the danger level.
The Dharla river has risen by 15 cms at Nunkhawa point, and the Brahmaputra river by 19 cms at Chilmari point.
In Gaibandha, the Brahmaputra and the Ghagot rivers have started rising again, triggering fresh anxiety and panic among people of the district .
The Bangladesh Water Development Board (WDB) says the Brahmaputra river rose by 10 cm in the last 24 hours and was flowing 04 cm above its danger mark at Fulchharighat point in the district this morning at 6 am.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Alamgir Kabir Saikat said around one lakh people of Sundarganj, Sadar, Fulchhari and Shaghata upazilas of the district have been marooned.
Several hundred people in the upazilas have taken shelter in different schools, colleges and madrasas which are being used as flood shelter centers, he added.
In Lalmonirhat, thousands of people are stranded as the Teesta river is flowing 28 centimetres above the danger mark at Dalia point in Hatibandha upazila.
Water Development Board Sub assistant engineer Aminur Rashid said the situation will worsen seriously as the water keeps rising in the river.
In Sylhet, many areas of Kanaighat and Companiganj upazila have gone under water as the Surma river is flowing 69 centimetres above the danger level at Kanaighat point, according to the Water Development Board (WDB).
Thousands of locals in Gowainghat, Jaintapur, Kanaighat, and Companiganj have been suffering immensely.
