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FLOOD-SITUATION-TWO- LAST DHAKA
Flood water damaged crops in catchment areas of Mahua and Kahua
rivers in Feni.
“About 25 percent of Aus paddy was affected due to flood in Feni
district,” deputy director of the Department of Agriculture Extension
(DAE), Feni, Tofail Ahmed Chowdhury told BSS.
Paddy seed beds, fisheries enclosures, roads and homesteads were
severely affected in different areas there due to flood, he added.
BSS Sylhet correspondent adds: Flood situation improved in Sylhet
as water level of the major rivers in the region started receding.
The Surma and Kushiyara rivers were flowing above danger level at
three points at 3 pm today, according to the data of Flood Forecasting
and Warning Centre (FFWC).
Water was flowing 61 cm above the danger level at Kanaighat point
of Surma River, while 37 cm above danger level at Amalshed point and
48 cm at Fenchuganj point of Kushiyara River.
The water of Surma River was flowing 4 cm bellow danger level at
Sunamganj point. Kushiyara River was following 18 cm below the danger
level at Shewla point and 19 cm below in Sherpur point.
According to the FFWC forecast, flood situation will improve in
Sylhet and Sunamganj districts in the next 24 hours, while the waters
of Brahmaputra, Jamuna, and Ganges-Padma rivers will continue to rise
in the next 48 hours.
River water level in upper Meghna basin will decrease in the next
48 hours, the FFWC said.
Of the 101 stations monitored in the country, water levels
increased at 56 stations, decreased at 41 stations and were flowing
above the danger level at 21 stations.
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