City Desk :
Water levels at 13 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise while 94 stations recorded fall.
Among the 109 monitored river stations, two have been registered steady and water level at all river stations is flowing below the danger level, a bulletin issued by the FFWC said in Dhaka on Monday. The Brahmaputra-Jamuna rivers are in falling trend, which may continue in the next 48 hours, the bulletin said adding: “The Ganges river is in steady state while the Padma river is in falling trend, which may continue in the next 48 hours.”
According to the numerical weather forecast of meteorological agencies, there is chance of medium to heavy rainfall at some places of the northeastern region of the country along with adjoining states of Assam, Meghalaya and the Sub-Himalayan West Bengal of India in next 48 hours. “All the major rivers in the northeastern region of the country are in falling trend and may remain steady in the next 24 hours,” the FFWC bulletin said.
Significant rainfall was recorded at some stations in different districts during the last 24 hours ending at 9 am on Monday. A total of 70 mm (millimeter) rainfalls were recorded at Jaflong (Sylhet) and 130mm at Sunamganj district.
Significant rainfalls (mm) recorded during the last 24 hours in Sikkim, Arunachal, Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura regions of the North-East India, the bulletin added.
A total of 52 mm rainfalls were recorded at Cherrapunji (Meghalaya). Vast swathes of northern and northeastern parts of Bangladesh were badly affected by devastating flooding on June 15, which is the worst one since 2004.
Heavy downpour inside Bangladesh and upstream regions of some states of India triggered worst flooding in the country for nearly two decades. Two
northeastern districts -Sunamganj and Sylhet- were severely affected by the flood.
