At least 16 people have been killed and three remain missing across Chittagong due to floods triggered by incessant rains and landslides over the past one week.
The District Relief and Rehabilitation Office said houses, crops and businesses have suffered a total loss of Tk135.15 crore.
Chandanaish, Satkania and Lohagara upazilas of the southern district have been hit the worst by the floods.
These areas were virtually underwater for three days from Monday night. The power was cut off for three days. Traffic was stopped on the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway as the road went underwater following days of rainfall.
Although traffic resumed on the highway on Thursday morning, power has not yet been restored in many areas, officials said.
District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer Md Saifullah Mazumder said the damage amounted to Tk135.15 crore till Thursday.
Meanwhile, the bodies of many people who had gone missing surfaced as water started receding on Wednesday.
A total of 16 people were dead in five upazilas of Chittagong till Thursday night, said the official.
Saifullah said: “Three are still missing. Of the deceased, seven died in Satkania, four in Lohagara, two in Chandanaish, and one each in Banshkhali, Raozan and Chittagong city.”
Meanwhile, Chandanaish police station Officer-in-Charge Anwar Hossain said one person is missing in Chandanaish upazila.
Among the flood-affected areas, Satkania, Lohagara and Chandanaish upazilas have been without power for three days. The residents there faced many problems, including a shortage of clean water.
However, since Wednesday night, the water in these areas has started receding and power has started returning in some places.
Dilip Chandra Chowdhury, senior manager of Chittagong Palli Bidyut Samity 1, said: "So far electricity connection has been restored in all the upazilas of the south except Satkania. Work is also underway in Satkania and we hope to restore electricity there soon.”
According to district administration sources, 635,000 people have been marooned in the district and 6,753 people have been taken to shelter homes.
According to the Patenga met office, Chittagong saw 664mm of rainfall in the last seven days. Of these, 42.8mm of rainfall was recorded on August 4, 64.2mm on August 5, 231.5mm on August 6 and 216.4mm on August 7.
