Bangladesh police confirmed that the monsoon rains that swept the country have killed at least 25 people, while the floods have isolated more than four million people, explaining that the lightning that accompanied the rain led to the death of 21 people. Four more people have died since Friday. in landslides.
Floods constantly threaten millions of people in this low-lying country. But experts pointed out that “climate change is increasing its frequency and intensity and decreasing the likelihood of its occurrence.”
Bangladeshi authorities said: “The government of Dhaka has deployed an army to help people who are trapped in flood waters after monsoon rains inundated large tracts of land for the second time in two weeks,” noting that “the waters flooded most of the northeastern regions amid expectations that the situation will worsen over the weekend due to rain.”
In his statement, he indicated that he “had to suspend examinations in secondary schools in most parts of the country”, while the affected people resorted to their boats to avoid the danger of drowning.
In this regard, Flood Forecasting and Warning Center spokesman Arif Zaman Boyan said in statements that “heavy rains that fell last week in the country and in parts of India overflowed rivers,” adding that ” the Sylhet region north of eastern Bangladesh is experiencing one of the worst floods in its history and the situation will worsen in the next three days.”
Late last month, Sylhet was hit by the worst flooding in two decades, killing 10 people and affecting four million.
Floods pose a constant threat to millions of people in Bangladesh’s lowlands, but experts say climate change is making them more dangerous and unpredictable.
Source: El Nashra