News Desk
The Advocate Post: Rescuers are scrambling to evacuate flooded communities after heavy rains inundated parts of Bangladesh and northeast India causing rivers on both sides of the border to reach extreme levels.
The country’s Disaster Management ministry reported that around 3 million people were impacted by the flooding in Bangladesh, which submerged hundreds of homes and left many stuck on rooftops.
Official data released on Thursday shows that two people have died in Bangladesh and at least 11 people have died in the Indian state of Tripura. More than 64,000 people are reportedly staying in relief camps in Tripura, according to the state’s emergency operation center.
While flooding is common in the region during monsoon season, scientists say the human-caused climate crisis has exacerbated extreme weather events and made them more deadly. In recent months, severe flooding and mudslides have destroyed infrastructure, killed hundreds, and forced millions of people to flee their homes across South Asia.
Hazardous floodwaters have risen in areas of eastern Bangladesh and the northeastern Indian state of Tripura as a result of recent severe rains totaling up to 200 millimeters, or roughly 8 inches.
Hazardous floodwaters have risen in areas of eastern Bangladesh and the northeastern Indian state of Tripura as a result of recent severe rains totaling up to 200 millimeters, or roughly 8 inches.
As of Thursday, 11 rivers in the area had water levels over the “danger level,” according to Bangladesh’s Flood Forecasting and Warning Center.
In Chattogram, a city in southeast Bangladesh, efforts are being made to rescue residents from their flooded homes and provide shelter for the displaced in the severely affected Feni area.
Volunteers are assisting army and navy forces in the boat evacuation of individuals, according to Musammat Shahina Akter, a top Feni official.
More than 25,000 people are taking refuge in relief camps, and government buildings and high schools have been transformed into shelters, according to Akter.
