authorities in Bangladesh struggling To transport drinking water and dry foods to flood Shelters across the vast northern and northeastern regions of the country where the floods continued to wreak havoc, officials and local media He said on Monday.
more than a dozen people Died across the country since the monsoon started last week, authorities said. The government Call in soldiers Friday to help evacuation people.
Ekattor TV station said millions He was left without electricity.
Enamur Rahman Small minister for He said that disaster and relief up to 100,000 people evacuated in the worst-hit Sonamgang and Sylhet provinces and about 4 million people stranded in The areaunited news of Bangladesh agency said.
The latest Sunday statement from the country’s flood forecasting and warning center in The country’s capital, Dhaka, said that the flood in Northeastern provinces of Sonamgang and Sylhet can get worse in The next 24 hours. Teesta said, Main river in Northern Bangladesh, may flow above danger. situation can be also deteriorate in The northern provinces of the country of She said the Munirat, Kurigram, Nilvamari, Rangpur, Jaypanda, Bhugra, Jamalpur, and Sirajganj.
Officials said the water is starting to recede already From the northeast region But it poses a threat to the center of the country regiontrack for Flood waters reach the Gulf of Bengal in the South.
Media reports said that those affected by the floods in remote Regions struggling to me access Drink water and food.
Aringoy Dar, a senior director of non-profit development organization Barak was asked for help food guarantee for The flood-affected in video posted online.
Dhar said they opened a food prep center on Monday items as part of Plan to feed 5,000 families in Sonamgang district, but the arrangement was not enough.
Barak said they were the only ones trying to get there out for about 52,000 families with Emergency supplies.
The latest Floods have swept Bangladesh since Friday amid heavy monsoon rains, just As the country began to recover from a flicker flood.
Last month, the 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.
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.
