DHAKA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The overall flood situation in parts of Bangladesh including northeastern Sylhet region has improved with water levels in many rivers receding.
According to a bulletin of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) Monday, the major Brahmaputra-Jamuna rivers are in a falling trend, which may continue in the next 72 hours.
The overall flood situation in different low-lying areas of the northeastern region of Bangladesh may further improve in 24 hours commencing 9:00 a.m. local time on Monday, it said.
During the same period, the flood situation in the country's north-western region may also improve, it added.
Since June, the floods triggered by heavy seasonal rains and an onrush of water from hills have left a trail of misery and destruction in parts of Bangladesh, northeastern Sylhet region to be more specific.
Devastating floods left large swaths of land in Bangladesh's northeastern Sylhet division underwater earlier this month, marking the third wave of flooding in less than a month in the region.
Sheikh Russel Hasan, deputy commissioner and district magistrate in Sylhet, told Xinhua on July 3 that 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. ■