Almost incessant rainfall since Monday wreaked havoc all over the country.
Till yesterday, nearly four lakh people in Bandarban remained disconnected from the rest of the country after the torrential rain caused landslides and floods in the hill district.
Many roads went under water and a worrisome number of families lost their homes to landslides after water in the Matamuhuri and Sangu rivers rose significantly above the danger level.
Our Chittagong correspondent reports: although road communication resumed in several parts of Bandarban yesterday, Bandarban Sadar remained totally detached.
The locals of Bandarban termed the downpour the "all time heaviest" and the aftermath "unbelievable".
The Met office recorded around 750mm of rain across the country yesterday with Bogra having the highest amount of rain, which was 216mm.
While the weather is expected to improve from today, reports of travel disruptions and floods poured in yesterday from all regions of the country.
Half of Rajshahi city went under water and about 1.75 lakh people have been living in knee-deep water for the last three days.
Local city corporation officials assured that the situation would improve shortly as the drainage system of the city was recently upgraded.
Similar scenes were seen at different parts of Sirajganj, Madaripur, Munshiganj, and Narayanganj.
Crops on nearly three thousand hectares of land in Sirajganj were damaged due to flooding. Local agriculture officials said the losses could multiply as the downpour continued last night.
Our Madaripur correspondent reports: the Padma, Arial Khan, and Kumarnod rivers were flowing above the danger level causing floods and river erosion in Shibchar, Rajoir, Kalkini, and Madaripur municipalities of the district.
Several hundred people lost homes to river erosion while scores more were reportedly marooned. Croplands of most part of the district went under water.
Meanwhile, Dhaka city also witnessed a little rain with overcast sky throughout yesterday.
Parts of the capital, however, remained flooded as the city struggled to cope with the aftermath of almost non-stop rain of the previous two days.
Due to the continuous rain, spread of viral fevers including influenza took a sudden turn towards the worse, mostly among children.
According to Dhaka Medical College Hospital sources, not many people visited the hospital during the rain, but the ones that came were suffering from viral fevers, cold, cough, and respiratory tract infections.
The hospital that receives over 400 patients every day received an average of below 300 patients over the last three days. A total of 80 patients suffered from fever and influenza like illnesses.
Most of the patients were children, as their immune systems could not adjust with the weather conditions, doctors said.
Medical experts feared that dengue fever could see an increase as an aftermath of the continuous rain over the last few days.
Source : The Daily Star
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