DHAKA, Jul 27 (NNN-BSS) – A total of 131 people were killed in floods, caused by heavy rains and onrush of water, in parts of Bangladesh, said a government report, yesterday.
According to the daily flood report of the country’s Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room, 103 people died by drowning, 16 from lightning strikes, two from snake bites, one from diarrhoea, and nine others due to other reasons, between May 17 and Jul 26.
The floods left a trail of death, misery and destruction.
According to the daily disaster situation report, prepared by the country’s National Disaster Response Coordination Centre, under the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, tens of thousands of families were forced to flee their homes.
However, the country’s overall flood situation has reportedly now improved, in most of the districts, with water levels in many rivers receding. And flood waters have also reportedly continued to recede, improving the situation considerably.
Millions of people in Bangladesh, criss-crossed by hundreds of rivers, suffer from flooding, as the low-lying country experiences seasonal floods every year, during the Jun-Sept monsoon.– NNN-BSS
