After 20 days of continuous rise, the Jamuna river’s water level has begun to drop.

Erosion by rivers and floodwater have taken a serious turn in at least six districts, rendering several hundred families homeless.

Farmers of Aman rice in Patuakhali have been scrambling to find Aman seeds after nearly one-third of Aman seedbeds were damaged during six days of incessant showers in the last week of July in the district.

More than 1,000 houses in Manikganj district have been lost due to erosion as water in Padma, Jamuna and other rivers continue to rise.

People in the remote shoals of the Jamuna are suffering immensely for want of drinking water and food.

Thick smoke billowed above Brazil's Amazon jungle as fire tore through butchered rainforest and discarded trees littered the scorched earth like dead matchsticks, burnt and black.

At least 20,000 people living in different shoals of Teesta River and surrounding low lying areas in Dimla and Jaldhaka upazilas of Nilphamari were marooned as water level in the river started to increase from this morning.

The water level of Brahmaputra River was flowing 50 cm above danger level at Chilmari point of Kurigram this morning which has further deteriorated the overall flooding in Kurigram.

Flood-hit people will continue to suffer a few more days as the floods in low lying areas of 11 districts will not wane until second week of September, said the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (ffwc).

Two Rohingyas died in a lightning strike in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia early today. Three others were injured in the incident.

The flood situation in Kurigram and Sirajganj has deteriorated as Brahmaputra and Jamuna’s water levels are flowing above the danger level this morning.

Flash flooding killed at least 26 people in the Northeast as remnants of Hurricane Ida unleashed torrential rains that swept away cars, submerged New York City subway lines and grounded airline flights, officials said on Thursday.

Around 30 percent of the country’s area is set to be inundated as the water level of the Jamuna and Padma is forecast to continue rising over the next three days.

Residents of Jalalpur village in Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur upazila have been passing days in constant fear over the last couple of months since the mighty Jamuna river took a serious turn at the start of this monsoon and continued devouring most of the homesteads and vast croplands at the village.

Evacuees who fled Ida before the storm hammered southern Louisiana are being urged not to return home just yet as the long, arduous recovery is only beginning from one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Flood situation in Sirajganj and Kurigram has worsened as water level in the Brahmaputra, Jamuna and Dharla rivers is above the danger level.

With thousands of people still marooned by floods, river erosion has taken a serious turn at least in six districts.

Low-lying areas of Manikganj have been inundated as water of all rivers, including Padma and Jamuna, in the district continues to rise due to incessant rainfall for the last few days and the onrush of water from upstream, marooning several thousand families in three upazilas of Manikganj.

Hurricane Ida became a tropical storm as its top winds slowed over Mississippi on Monday, 16 hours after blowing ashore in Louisiana as one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. mainland. Ida pushed so much water into the mouth of the Mississippi that it reversed the flow of the mighty river and blacked out New Orleans, taking down backup electricity for the city’s crucial pumping system.

Erosion has taken a serious turn in Manikganj and Tangail as flood water continues increasing in the Padma and Jamuna rivers, devouring more fresh areas.