A rapidly growing wildfire south of Lake Tahoe forced the evacuation of a mountain town and the cancellation of an extreme bike ride through the Sierra Nevada, leaving thousands of riders and spectators stranded Saturday and rushing to flee the area.

Thousands of people in three upazilas of the district have been passing sleepless nights in fear of erosion by the mighty Padma and Jamuna rivers.

Although there has been no rainfall for the last weeks, the water level of the Teesta has increased in Lalmonirhat due to the onrush of water from the upstream in India.

Although there is no rainfall, the water level of Teesta River has increased in Lalmonirhat due to the onrush water from upstream in India.

A government primary school on the Teesta river is now on the verge of being devoured by the river due to erosion in Rangpur’s Pirgachha upazila.

Heavy rains and flooding have forced thousands of people to evacuate in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, with authorities on Sunday urging citizens across the country to brace for more downpours.

Vast areas in the country’s northern and north-western region have been submerged by floodwater, causing immense suffering to thousands of people.

The overall flood situation in Sirajganj and Lalmonirhat worsened yesterday as the water level in the Jamuna and Teesta rivers increased further.

Two people were killed in lightning strike while fishing in a haor in Companiganj upazila of Sylhet this morning.

An earthquake of 5.2 magnitude was felt around the country including Dhaka, Gaibandha, Bogura and Rajshahi this morning.

Forty-one mm of rainfall has been recorded in Dhaka since this morning, Abdul Mannan, a meteorologist from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told The Daily Star this afternoon.

Hundreds of houses along the Teesta river bank in Lalmonirhat have been flooded as the water level rose by 5 cm in the last 12 hours due to incessant rain and water from the upstream.

Twenty-one houses recently built in Jamalpur’s Sarishabari upazila under a government project for the homeless are already inundated following the recent rains.

A homeless freedom fighter and eight others, who have been blessed with a cluster of houses in Shajahanpur, Bogura, have found that even moderate rains can leave their new houses completely flooded.

Ruling Awami League MP SM Shahjada yesterday wrote “no more demands; don’t want relief, just a dam” on a placard and hung it from his neck inside the House chamber in the hope that he would be heard.

Waterlogging, erosion and inundation caused by absence of sustainable embankments have made their lives miserable over the years.

After four mild tremors and several aftershocks between Saturday morning and afternoon, Sylhet experienced another light tremor of magnitude 2.8 at 4:35am yesterday, which panicked people again.

Several thousands of people in coastal regions are still staying at cyclone centres, embankments or other shelters as their homes remain submerged under tidal surges following Cyclone Yaas.

The eastern DR Congo city of Goma was eerily deserted after nearly 400,000 of its inhabitants fled following warnings that nearby Mount Nyiragongo volcano may erupt again.

The eastern DR Congo city of Goma was eerily deserted yesterday, a day after tens of thousands of residents fled after warnings that the nearby Mount Nyiragongo volcano may erupt again.