The cloudburst since Monday has devastated 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 hilly district.
Many roads went under water and a worrisome number of families have lost their homes to landslides after water at the Matamuhuri and Sangu rivers rose significantly above the danger level.
Our Chittagong correspondent reports: although road communication resumed in several parts of Bandarban from yesterday, Bandarban sadar remained totally detached.
The locals of Bandarban termed the downpour the “all time heaviest” and the aftermath “unimaginable”.
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 disruption and floods poured in yesterday from all regions of the country.
Half of Rajshahi city has gone under water and about 1.75 lakh people are living in knee-deep water for the last three days.
The local city corporation officials have assured that the situation would improve shortly as the drainage system of the city has recently been upgraded.
Similar scenes were seen at different parts of Sirajganj, Madaripur, Munshiganj and Narayanganj.
Nearly three thousand hectares of crops in Sirajganj were damaged due to flash flood. 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 have been flowing above the danger level causing floods and erosion in Shibchar, Rajoir and Kalkini municipality and Madaripur sadar of the district.
Several hundreds of people lost homes to river erosion while scores more have reportedly been disconnected. Croplands of most part of the district went under water.
Meanwhile, Dhaka city has also witnessed a little rain with overcast sky throughout the day.
Parts of the capital, however, remained flooded as the city struggled to cope with the non-stop rain that started on Monday.
Due to the continuous rain, viral fever and 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 fever, 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 illness.
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.
-With The Daily Star input
