Based on “The Dhaka Tribune newspaper”, the localities of Haluaghat, Dhobaura and Fulbaria of Mymensingh remain flooded after heavy rains, prompting local governments to activate relief operations with the army and volunteers’support.
The territorial administration has consequently opened a control room for relief tasks and tending to the victims.
Experts have noticed some improvement in the situation after the rainfall stopped, but there is still a shortage of drinking water in the flooded regions.
Mymensingh district relief and rehabilitation officer Sanowar Hossain confirmed the distribution of rice and dry food to the victims.
At least five people were reported dead and more than 100,000 stranded in northern Bangladesh by flooding triggered by heavy rains on Sunday.
In Sherpur, one of the hardest-hit northern districts, water levels in major rivers rose, submerging areas and causing houses and bridges to collapse.
Low-lying Bangladesh, inhabited by 170 million people has suffered multiple floods this year, a fact that underscores its vulnerability to climate change.
A 2015 World Bank Institute analysis estimated that 3.5 million people in Bangladesh are at risk of annual river flooding, a scenario that is worsened by global climate change, according to scientists.
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