Tuesday, October 9, 2024
Year : 2, Issue: 6
Dhaka Correspondent: As many as 232,290 people have been affected so far by the flash floods brought in by the surging river waters owing to incessant rains over the past several days in Mymensingh, Sherpur and Netrokona, the disaster management and relief ministry said.
A total of eight people have died so far in the floods and all of them are from Sherpur.
In its regular flood report on Tuesday, the ministry says around 67,520 families in 72 unions of 13 Upazilas in three districts are marooned by water. A total of 124 shelters have been opened in the districts where 1,517 people alongside 948 domestic animals took refuge.
A total of 59,090 people suffered damage by floods in 25 unions of five Upazilas in Sherpur. As many as 13,080 families are still marooned in the district, the ministry said.
Six people from Sherpur’s Nalitabari Upazila and two others from Nakla Upazila have died in the disaster.
In 29 shelters in Sherpur, 306 people and 737 domestic animals have taken refuge. Nine among the 14 medical teams formed for the flood-hit people are working in the district.
A total of 149,200 people have been affected in 22 unions of three flood-hit Upazilas in Mymensingh. Among them, a total of 32,440 families are trapped by floodwater in Haluaghat, Dhobaura and Phulpur Upazilas.
As many as 22 shelters have been opened in the district where 1,106 people and 211 domestic animals took refuge. Six of the 23 medical teams formed for the affected are working in the district. On the other hand, a total of 24,000 people were affected in 25 unions of five Upazilas in flood-hit Netrokona, alongside 22,000 families marooned among them.
In the seven shelters in the district, 105 people have taken refuge. Five medical teams are working to assist the affected.
WATER LEVEL ABOVE DANGER MARK AT TWO POINTS
After severe floods in the northeastern part of Bangladesh in mid-August due to mountain onrush from upstream, continuous heavy rains at the end of September caused floods in Rangpur, Nilphamari and low-lying areas in the north.
