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Heavy rainfall across Bangladesh and torrential downpours in upstream India have placed at least 10 districts at risk of short-term flooding over the next 24 to 48 hours, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) warned. The country experienced its highest single-day rainfall this year, with Dirai in Sunamganj recording 402mm in the past 24 hours, while Cooch Behar in India's West Bengal received 254mm.

The FFWC anticipates heavy to very heavy rainfall in the Rangpur, Sylhet, Mymensingh, and Chattogram divisions, as well as adjacent upstream areas, over the coming day. This forecast has heightened concerns, as water levels have already surpassed danger marks at two key monitoring stations: the Teesta river at Dalia point in Nilphamari and the Kushiyara river at Fenchuganj point in Sylhet.

River levels are expected to continue swelling above danger marks across multiple river basins. The northeastern region, specifically Sylhet and Sunamganj districts within the Surma-Kushiyara basin, faces immediate flooding risks. In the north, districts along the Teesta and Dudhkumar river basins, including Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha, are also projected to experience flooding within 24 hours. Low-lying areas in Sherpur, Mymensingh, and Netrokona districts, situated along the Bhugai-Kangsha and Someshwari river basins, are also anticipated to exceed danger thresholds.

Sarder Udoy Raihan, an Executive Engineer at the FFWC, confirmed that the extreme rainfall has put at least 10 districts at risk of flooding within the next 24 hours. While the immediate forecast is concerning, Raihan noted that flooding in these areas is likely to improve within the next 72 hours.

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Due to the extreme rainfall in the last 24 hours, at least 10 districts are at risk of flooding within the next 24 hours.