Sylhet Bureau :
Due to continued rainfall and landslides in India’s Cherrapunji, the water level of Sylhet and Sunamganj rivers has started to rise in the second phase. In the meantime, many areas have been completely submerged by water entering the low-lying areas.
In the last 24 hours, the water level of the Kushiara river has decreased slightly, but the surma river crossed the danger level. Residents of Sylhet and Sunamganj are going to be affected by floods again.
The Sylhet Water Development Board said that the water of the Surma river crossed the limit at Kanaighat point on Monday (July 1) morning.
Again, due to the landslide, the water turned into a magical river and flooded a part of Anwarpur on the Tahirpur-Sunamganj road. So the locals are using the boat.
In this direction, 39.6 millimeters of rainfall has been recorded in 24 hours from 6 am on Sunday to 6 am on Monday. But rain increased this morning. Sylhet recorded 65 mm of rain within three hours from 6 am to 9 am on Monday.
The Meteorological Department has warned of heavy rain in the region. According to the warning, heavy (44 to 88 mm of rain in 24 hours) to very heavy (above 89 mm in 24 hours) rains may occur in Sylhet division for the next 72 hours from 4 pm on Sunday.
