army units in Northeast India and Bangladesh have been called in to save thousands of people Stranded by torrential floods, leaving millions of homes The authorities said Saturday.
In the Indian state of Assam, at least nine people were killed in Floods witnessed 2 million homes overwhelmed, according to the state disaster management agency. Lightning in slash of neighboring Bangladesh left at least nine dead Since Friday.
Both countries They asked their armies for help as such more Flood loom with Rain is expected to continue over weekend.
in Sylhet in Northeast Bangladesh on Banks of Surma River children he sat on Window of soaked house while others family members gathering on bed inside flooded homeSome ask, how to make it through ordeal.
“How do we eat”in this condition)? in Water in her kitchen. “we live on mori (puffy rice) and chira (flattened .) rice) and other things he gave people. What else can we do? We can’t cook. “
Flights at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet has been commented for Three days, the flood waters almost reached the runway, according to Hafez Ahmed, the airport manager. Sylhet Sonamgang Expressway also flooded but motorbikes moving Along.
water levels in It was all the major rivers across the country risingaccording to flood prediction and warning Center in Dhaka the capital. The country has about 130 rivers.
The center said that flood The situation is likely to deteriorate in the worst-hit Sonamgang and Sylhet provinces in the Northeast region Beside in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Nilphamari and Rangpur . Provinces in Northern Bangladesh.
Brahmaputra one of Asia’s largest river, it broke through mud dams, flooded 3000 villages and farmlands in 28 of Assam’s 33 provinces across the border in India.
“We expect moderate to heavy rain,” he added in Multiple parts of Assam until Sunday. the size of Sanjay O’Neill said, “It rains like never before.” official At the weather station in Guwahati, the capital of Assam.
Many train services have been cancelled in India amid continuous rain over The past Five days. In the town of Havelong in southern Assam, the railway station was under water and flooded rivers depositing mud and silt along the railway tracks.
Indian Army mobilized to help disaster response agencies in Rescue the stranded people Providing food and other necessities. Soldiers used speedboats and inflatable rafts to navigate the submerged areas.
Last month, a pre-monsoon flash flood triggered by rush of water from the source in northeastern states of India, hit Northern and northeastern regions of Bangladesh, destroying crops and causing damage homes and roads. was the state just I started to recover when new rains flooded the same areas again this week.
Bangladesh, a nation of 160 million peoplelow and facing threats from natural disasters such as floods and hurricanes, made Worse because of climate change. According to the United Nations intergovernmental body on Climate change, about 17% of people in will bangladesh need to be transferred over The next hold or so if global Warming continues nowadays rate.
