Naim-Ul-KarimDHAKA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Devastating floods have left large swaths of land in Bangladesh's northeastern Sylhet division underwater, marking the third wave of flooding in less than a month in the region. More than 1 million people in the northeastern Bangladesh districts including Sylhet and nearby Sunamganj and Moulvibazar were stranded due to extensive flooding after days of heavy rains. Sheikh Russel Hasan, deputy commissioner and district magistrate in Sylhet, told Xinhua Wednesday that the fresh spell of flood triggered by heavy rainfall submerged low-lying areas in parts of Sylhet region. FFWC executive engineer Sardar Udoy Raihan forecast the flood situation in Sylhet region will be prolonged as almost the entire country experienced heavy rainfall triggered by active monsoon. Officials said there are so far no known injuries or deaths to have occurred in the districts as a result of the ongoing floods.
