Weather experts have sent warnings of flash floods across the low-lying areas mostly in the north eastern and north western regions where huge areas of crop land are likely to be inundated.
Such warning comes at a time of continuous monsoon rainfall triggering major rivers to overflow in many places where the water levels are reported to have already crossed danger levels at many points.
According to the Water Development Board, water level in all major rivers of the country is increasing at an alarming rate.
Officials concerned said that water level at Dahlia Point in Teesta River may exceed the danger level in next 24 hours causing floods in vast areas on both sides of the river in greater Rangpur district.
Besides, the Flood Forecast and Warning Center also warned of an extreme level of flood at different places of the country.
Meanwhile, incidents of river erosion are also getting intensified as reported by our correspondents and officials of BWDB.
According to the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), water at Dahlia Point of Teesta River in Nilphamari district was flowing only 8cm below the danger line on Sunday. At the same time, the water flow of Teesta River was flowing 73 cm below the danger level at Kaunia Point in Lalmonirhat.
Officials concerned said that large areas are now at risk of flash floods due to the release of water from the Ghazaldoba dam upstream of the Teesta River.
Engineer Md Arifuzzaman Bhuiya of the Flood Forecast and Warning Center said, “If the water level at Dahlia Point exceeds the danger level, the lower part of the area may be over flooded.”
Besides, if the water level of Matamuhuri, Batkhali and water levels in other rivers in Cox's Bazar is also rising which may lead to possibilities of flash floods in many areas of the district.
An official of the Water Development Board said that inhabitants of the lower bank of Teesta River are in serious risk of facing floods due swelling of the Ghazaldoba dam.
According to officials concerned, floods are expected from the first week of July in the districts surrounding Teesta, Brahmaputra and Jamuna rivers.
The forecast by the Water Development Board on Sunday said that the water of Ganges River is increasing and the water of Padma River is stable. Due to heavy rains in upstream of central India and Nepal, the water level in the Ganges is gradually rising.
It should be mentioned, several floods, cyclones and other natural disasters in the recent past across the country caused severe damages to dams, roads, crops and fisheries as well as sufferings to thousands of people.
