Despite the Surma and Kusiyara rivers having surpassed the danger mark, the floodwaters in Sylhet are now receding, according to a bulletin from the Sylhet district administration.
The bulletin noted that there has been no rain since Thursday afternoon.
The flooding has affected a total of 989,865 people, with 60,000 from the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) area.
Currently, 21,786 individuals have sought refuge in 405 shelters across both SCC and 13 other upazillas.
In total, 1,501 villages in the district have been impacted by the flood.
20,000 Rangpur residents stranded as Teesta flows above danger levelShah Sojib Hussain, assistant meteorologist at the Sylhet met office, said that 20mm of rain in the past 24 hours until 6am on Friday was recorded in the district.
According to the bulletin from the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), the two major rivers of the region, Surma and Kusiyara, are currently flowing six points above the danger mark.
Specifically, at Kanaighat and Sylhet points, Surma is flowing above by 61cm and 14cm, respectively.
Teesta devours houses, leaves Kurigram residents in dire straitsThe bulletin also mentioned that water levels have receded compared to the previous day.
Around 12,000 consumers in the Sylhet region have been enduring power outages due to the ongoing flash flood.
Besides, the leave of all workers of power division in the region has been canceled to stand by the common people in any situation.
This information was informed in the notification sent by the power division on Thursday.
According to the notification, due to the ongoing rains in Sylhet and the floods caused by the water coming down from upstream, the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) in the Sylhet zone suffered damage to electricity substations, lines, transformers, and electric poles.
All the areas under the distribution zone are more or less flooded. For the sake of safety and to prevent electrical accidents, the fuse of the transformer has been cut in many places and the power supply has been snapped.
