Landslide, Flashflood
6 more killed in Cox�s Bazar
UNB
Landslides and flashfloods, triggered by incessant monsoon rains, left six people dead in the district yesterday, reports UNB from Coxs Bazar.
With the six people, the death toll from landslides and flashflood-related incidents in the district rose to 15.
A woman and her daughter were killed in a landslide at Samlapur village in Teknaf upazila early yesterday. The deceased were identified as Somuda Begum, 41, wife of Abul Monsur and her daughter Sahana Begum, 15, of the village.
Sub-inspector Habibur Rahman, also in-charge of Paharchhora Police camp, said the incident took place at the village when a portion of a hill collapsed on their houses at its foot around 4am, leaving the duo dead on the spot.
In Chakoria upazila, police recovered the body of fisherman Mohammad Ali, 28, son of Joynal Abedin, a resident of Malumghat villagewho was washed away by floodwater from Khashiakhali canal around 4:30pm.
Meanwhile, police also recovered a body of an unidentified minor boy from Koiyarbil in the upazila around 3pm.
Chakaria upazila chairman Jafar Alam said the body of Kawsain Rahim, 12, who was washed away by a swelling river on Friday, was recovered from the river in the upazila around 11:30 am on Saturday.
Besides, the body of a two-and-half-year-old boy who went missing after falling into floodwater while going to a nearest shelter home around 5 pm on Friday was recovered in Pekua upazila in the morning.
Earlier on Friday, nine people died in landslides and flood-related incidents.
Our Special Correspondent adds: The heavy rains which have pounded the country since Thursday and triggered flash floods in Bandarban and Coxs Bazar are likely to start waning from early today and decrease further in the next 48 hours, sources in the meteorological department said.
Meanwhile, the water levels of the major river systems fed by upstream rains are rising, but the water levels of the Brahmaputra and Surma-Kushiyara systems, constituting the Meghna, are likely to fall in the next 48 hours, said Ripon Karmakar, duty officer at the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), yesterday.
The Ganges-Padma, however, may rise, he added, noting that the water levels in the south-eastern rivers, like the Sangu-Matamuhuri and Bakkhali, would decrease, with the rains slowing down.
The rainscaused by a low pressure over the Bay of Bengal and along the coastal areasand an active monsoon, disrupted normal life and caused massive waterlogging in different parts of the country.
In the capital, traffic was badly hit. Waterlogging in the areas like Sadarghat-Swarighat, Shantinagar, Mugda and Mirpur and DnD caused serious problems, especially for those who were out on Eid shopping.
