Water levels in 51 rivers rise, 32 fall

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BSS, Dhaka :
Water levels at 51 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise while 32 stations recorded fall.
Among the 90 monitored stations, one river station has been registered steady while water levels at seven river stations are flowing above danger level, a bulletin issued by the FFWC said here yesterday.
The Jamuna at Bahadurabad and Sariakandi, the Surma at Kanaighat, the Kushiyara at Amalshid, Sheola, Sherpur- Sylhet,
the Kansha at Jariajanjail are flowing above danger level 21cm, 6cm, 50cm, 61cm, 62cm 4cm and 50cm respectively.
The Brahmaputra-Jamuna and the Ganges-Padma are in rising trend while the Surma-Kushiyara rivers are in falling trend.
Significant rainfall was recorded at some stations in different districts during the last 24 hours ending at 6 am yesterday.
A total of 130.4 millimetres (mm) rainfall was recorded at Teknaf, 55mm at Bogra, 67.5mm at Pabna and 40mm at Khulna.
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