Heavy rain falls may aggravate floods in north, north-eastern regions

Staff Reporter :
Flood situation in both North and North-Eastern regions is likely be worsened as weather forecasting agencies have predicted that there are chances extremely heavy rain falls in the upstream next five days.

As a result, low-lying areas including charlands are likely be flooded in Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Gaibandha, Jamalpur, Sirajganj, Sunamganj and Sylhet districts.

According to Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) under the Bangladesh Water Development Board (WDB), river water rose at 73 points out of 109 points in the last 24 hours across the country.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) predicted that light to moderate rains or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind are likely to occur at most places in Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions; and at many places in Rajshahi and Dhaka divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the country.

According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), fairly widespread to widespread light or moderate rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur during next 5 days. Apart from it, isolated heavy rainfall likely over Odisha and Bihar during next 5 days, while Gangetic West Bengal on July 6 and Jharkhand on July 6-7 decrease thereafter, it added in its bulletin.

Assistant Engineer of FFWC Mehadi Hasan said that though the Brahmaputra River is in a steady state, while the Jamuna River will rise rapidly which may continue in next 24 hours.
Apart from it, the water of the Ganges and Padma Rivers is in a rising trend, which may continue in next 72 hours, he added.

Except the Manu, the Khowai and the Dhalai, all the major rivers in the North-Eastern region of the country are in a falling trend, which may remain steady in the next 24 hours. The ongoing flood situation in the low-lying areas of Netrakona district may improve in the next 24 hours, the FFWC bulletin said.

According to BMD report, the axis of monsoon runs through India’s Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal to Assam across the central part of Bangladesh. One of its associated troughs extends up to North Bay.

Monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and moderate over North Bay.