Amid heavy rains for two days, several families have been shifted to shelter homes in Bandarban district of Bangladesh for safety purposes, reported Dhaka Tribune.
The rivers quickly swelled and broke into homes, fields, and towns as a result of Friday's massive rains. A month's worth of rain, according to Slovenia's weather office, dropped in less than a day.
According to officials, the SDRF team was informed late at night by the Disaster Control Room, Dehradun, that some houses in the Bhopalpani village between Thana and Soda-Sarauli were flooded due to heavy rains.
Relentless torrential rains have severely damaged tea plantations in the Bengal foothills. Tea production fell by about 25-30 per cent in the first week in the tea belt of the state, Terai and Dooars region in the Jalpaiguri division, according to tea experts.
Preliminary statistics issued by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) have revealed that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon plummeted by 66 per cent last month compared to July 2022, and is now at its lowest rate in six years.
The largest port city Chittagong witnessed extreme flooding and waterlogging in several areas due to continuous heavy rainfall since Thursday midnight, reported Dhaka Tribune.
Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Satyabrata Sahu, who is closely monitoring the situation through State Emergency Operation Center on Thursday said that scores of people were evacuated and sheltered in safe places following the heavy rain and flood-like situation in the state.