Water levels of 58 rivers rise, 24 fall

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Water levels at 58 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise while 24 stations recorded fall.
Among the 90 monitored water level stations, two river stations have been registered steady while water levels at six river stations are flowing above danger level, a bulletin issued by the FFWC said here on Thursday. The Surma at Kanaighat, the Kushiyara at Amalshid, Sheola, Sherpur- Sylhet, the Kansha at Jariajanjail and the Matamuhuri are flowing above danger level 58cm, 64cm, 65cm, 13cm, 60cm and 43cm 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 on Thursday. A total of 241 millimetres (mm) rainfall was recorded at Cox’s Bazar, 192mm at Teknaf, 104.5 mm at Pabna, 103mm at Barisal, 91mm at Lama.

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