News Desk

The Advocate Post: Rescuers are urgently evacuating flooded communities following heavy rains that have hit parts of Bangladesh and northeast India, resulting in at least 36 deaths and causing rivers to overflow on both sides of the border. In Bangladesh, nearly 4.5 million people have been affected, with hundreds of homes submerged, leaving many stranded on rooftops, according to the country’s Disaster Management Ministry.

At least 13 people have died, and nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated from affected areas, reported Md Kamrul Hasan, a senior official from the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief. In the neighboring Indian state of Tripura, which borders Bangladesh, at least 23 people have died, with over 64,000 people seeking refuge in relief camps, according to Mohsen Shahidi, a senior official in India’s National Disaster Response Force. Recent heavy flooding and mudslides have devastated South Asia, killing hundreds, displacing millions, and damaging infrastructure. Although floods are a regular occurrence during the monsoon season, scientists believe the human-induced climate crisis is worsening extreme weather events, making them more deadly.

Heavy rainfall up to 200 millimeters were recorded in Parts of Tripura and eastern Bangladesh, causing perilous floodwaters to rise in recent days. According to Bangladesh’s Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre, 13 rivers in the region rose above “danger level”.

Efforts are underway to rescue people in waterlogged homes in the hard-it Feni district of Chattogram city in southeast Bangladesh. With the help of volunteers, army and navy personnel are commencing evacuations by boat, said Feni senior official Musammat Shahina Akter.