20 killed in floods in Bangladesh

TIL Desk/World/Dhaka/ Flash floods triggered by incessant rainfall has left at least 20 people dead and thousands of others marooned in nearly a dozen districts across Bangladesh, officials said today.

The unrelenting flow of water from upstream, even though rain has stopped, has flooded as many as 10 districts in northern Bangladesh, and the flooding is spreading to the central region of the country, officials said.

A spokesman of the Disaster Management Ministry in Dhaka confirmed 20 people have died in the floods and most of them are from northwestern region.

The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) forecasts if there are more rains at the end of August, at least 25 districts will be affected by floods.

The water levels will keep rising as India’s northeastern states will see “heavy to very heavy” rains, it said. “We are taking all precautionary measures keeping the forecast in mind,” Department of Disaster Management Director General Reaz Ahmed said.