Four people were killed and nine others, including eight fishermen, remained missing as boats capsized in two separate incidents amid inclement weather triggered by incessant rainfall.
Coastal districts bore the brunt of nonstop monsoon rainfall over the last three days as their flood protection embankments got breached in many places with gushing water washing away dozens of villages, fish farms, crop fields and houses.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department warned that parts of Bangladesh from central areas, including Dhaka, and northern and northeastern districts might see the situation worsen over the next four to five days.
鈥業ntense weather is likely to shift from south to north from Sunday with chances of it persisting over the next four to five days,鈥� meteorologist AKM Nazmul Haque told 抖阴精品.
Goshairhat upazila nirbahi officer Ahmed Sabbir Sazzad in Shariatpur confirmed that they so far recovered four dead bodies in a boat capsize incident that took place near Kodalpur launch terminal on Friday morning.
One of the victims in the boat capsize was still missing, he said.
Char Fashion senior upazila fisheries officer Maruf Hossain Minhaj in Bhola said that eight fishermen remained missing as a boat sank at 8:00am at Shibchar in the Meghna estuary.
鈥楾he weather is so rough that rescuers could not yet reach the place of accident,鈥� said Maruf.
The boat was carrying 13 fishermen, five of whom were rescued immediately after the boat sank by nearby fishing trawlers.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Feni reported that the Muhuri River was flowing 150cm above the danger mark on Saturday.
The Muhuri triggered severe flash flooding in some areas in Feni, causing breaches in flood protection embankments in 10 places.
The flooding left at least 15,000 families stranded and disrupted traffic movement on Feni-Parshuram road.
Several hundred fish farms were washed away in the flash flood.
In the 24 hours until 6:00pm on Saturday, Feni received 59mm of rainfall. The district received 434mm of rainfall in total in the last three days till 6:00pm Saturday, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
The fire service rescuers moved at least 10 families to safety from Parshuram upazila in Feni.
鈥業 have not seen a flood of this intensity in the last 30 years,鈥� said Sufia Khatun, 70, a resident of Dakkhin Teteshwar in the upazila.
The residents of Feni town suffered as important roads remained under several feet of water.
The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said that the Feni River was flowing 8cm above the danger mark at Ramgarh.
The situation in the Rohingya refugee camps improved as rainfall decreased. Over the last three days, thousands of refugees remained stranded in water in the camps in Ukhia.
Khagrachhari district鈥檚 relief and rehabilitation officer Faisal Al Nur said that the situation in the hilly district improved as floodwater receded on Saturday.
Floodwater overflowing many roads and the Khagrachhari bus station left several hundred tourists stuck until Saturday morning.
In the 24 hour until 6:00pm, Bangladesh鈥檚 highest maximum rainfall of 111mm was recorded in Mymensingh, the BMD said.
The flood warning centre warned that some of the rivers in the northeast might rapidly rise over the next 24 hours until afternoon today due to continued rainfall and the onrush of water from the upstream.
Rivers such as Manu, Khowai and Bhugai swelled by up to 373cm in the 24 hours until 9:00am on Saturday, the flood warning centre said, but they were flowing below their danger marks.
The India Meteorological Department said that heavy to very heavy rainfall would continue in Bangladesh鈥檚 upstream through August 10.
Many places in Bangladesh鈥檚 upstream received up to 270mm of rainfall in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Saturday, the Indian meteorology department said.