At least 69 people have been killed in various parts of the country due to hillslides, house collapses and electrocution following heavy torrential rains over the past a few days.
Chittagong, Cox's Bazar and Bandarban districts recorded the maximum number of casualties.
Though water started tracing back after a week of downpour in Chittagong, the situation in Bandarban and Cox's Bazar deteriorated on Wednesday.
Rains have resulted in suspension of flight operations and snapped rail communication with the port city since Tuesday.
Chittagong
Hill-slide, wall collapse and electrocution killed at least 18 people in Chittagong on Tuesday.
At least eight people died at two places in Khulshi, two at North Pahartoli and three more in Banshkhali area. Apart from them, two others died at the city's Ambagan and Haathazari upazila due to wall collapse.
Three people were electrocuted in Chandgaon residential area and at Akmal Ali Road under Bandar Police Station.
A hillslide at Yasin Colony in Khulshi area had buried 20 houses in Chittagong. Chittagong Fire Service's Deputy Assistant Director Jasim Uddin confirmed that the landslide happened at 7:30pm on Tuesday at Akbar Shah in Khulshi burying the houses in the neighbourhood Yasin Colony.
Body of a female and a child was recovered from there.
Five others were killed in a landslide in Khulshi landslide near Joyontika residential area.
A Fire Service rescuer Zahirul Islam told bdnews24.com that there were four houses at the foot of the hill. All of the residents were buried alive when the hill collapsed.
Two sisters died in another landslide at Pahartoli's Andhar Manik Makkaghona area.
Senior official at the Biazia Fire Station told bdnews24.com rescuers pulled out bodies of the siblings around 6am on Wednesday.
Banshkhali Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Shahjahan Khan said three brothers died in a landslide at Jangal Shilkup in Banshkhali.
The dead are Shahidul, 12, Khorshed, 8, and Fatema, 4, all children of Md Minhazur. Locals pulled out their bodies.
A child, Abul Hossain, 8, died when a wall collapsed on him at Dakkhin Ambagan on Tuesday evening.
Hathajari Police Station Officer-in-Charge Liakot Ali said a 15-year old girl named Annie died when a wall collapsed at Khondokia Hajiparha on Tuesday afternoon.
Buses and cars were not plying on several roads.
As many as 127 people were killed in different incidents of landslide in the port city in only one month, June 2007.
Weather office said until 9pm on Tuesday, 462.5 milimetres of rainfall was recorded in Chittagong, submerging almost two-thirds of the port city.
The district administration has been suggesting people living by the hillside to take shelter at safer places until the weather conditions improve. About 50 families living by hillsides of Biswacolony and Batali Hills were shifted until Tuesday afternoon.
The district administration also dismantled 20 houses.
Assistant Director of the Department of Environment Golam Mohammad Bhuiyan said families living by the hillsides in the city would be evicted gradually.
Bandarban
Bandarban District Commissioner K M Tariqul Islam told bdnews24.com on Wednesday that 24 people were killed on Tuesday night in a hillslide in Faitang area of Lama upazila.
Chairman of Faitong Union Parishad Mohammad Shamsul Alam said part of a hill collapsed on Tuesday night amid heavy downpour over several houses killing at least 24 people.
Officer-in-Charge of Faitong police outpost Abu Bakar said more were still believed to be under the debris. He said rescue efforts had been affected due to bad weather.
Rescuers shovelled out three others and admitted them at the Lama Upazila Health Complex, Lama's Health Inspector Didarul Islam said.
Life in several areas, including Bandarban Sadar, Ruma, Thanchi, Rowangchari, Lama, Alikadam and Naikhyongchari upazilas, has come to a halt as the low-lying areas became waterlogged snapping road communication with the rest of the country.
The DC said the situation deteriorated from Tuesday night as water from continuous downpour over past several days had clogged low-lying areas of Lama, including the residence of Lama Upazila Nirbahi Officer, Upazila Parishad and the market area.
Telecommunication was hit and there was no electricity in the town, he added.
Meanwhile, six people were killed in Naikhyangchharhi's Baishari when a mud house collapsed.
Officer-in-Charge of Naikhyongchari Police Station said six bodies had been recovered from the site.
He could not immediately identify the deceased.
Lama market areas and several other parts of the municipality have been waterlogged due to rain-triggered flash flood.
Chittagong, Cox's Bazar and Bandarban districts recorded the maximum number of casualties.
Though water started tracing back after a week of downpour in Chittagong, the situation in Bandarban and Cox's Bazar deteriorated on Wednesday.
Rains have resulted in suspension of flight operations and snapped rail communication with the port city since Tuesday.
Chittagong
Hill-slide, wall collapse and electrocution killed at least 18 people in Chittagong on Tuesday.
At least eight people died at two places in Khulshi, two at North Pahartoli and three more in Banshkhali area. Apart from them, two others died at the city's Ambagan and Haathazari upazila due to wall collapse.
Three people were electrocuted in Chandgaon residential area and at Akmal Ali Road under Bandar Police Station.
A hillslide at Yasin Colony in Khulshi area had buried 20 houses in Chittagong. Chittagong Fire Service's Deputy Assistant Director Jasim Uddin confirmed that the landslide happened at 7:30pm on Tuesday at Akbar Shah in Khulshi burying the houses in the neighbourhood Yasin Colony.
Body of a female and a child was recovered from there.
Five others were killed in a landslide in Khulshi landslide near Joyontika residential area.
A Fire Service rescuer Zahirul Islam told bdnews24.com that there were four houses at the foot of the hill. All of the residents were buried alive when the hill collapsed.
Two sisters died in another landslide at Pahartoli's Andhar Manik Makkaghona area.
Senior official at the Biazia Fire Station told bdnews24.com rescuers pulled out bodies of the siblings around 6am on Wednesday.
Banshkhali Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Shahjahan Khan said three brothers died in a landslide at Jangal Shilkup in Banshkhali.
The dead are Shahidul, 12, Khorshed, 8, and Fatema, 4, all children of Md Minhazur. Locals pulled out their bodies.
A child, Abul Hossain, 8, died when a wall collapsed on him at Dakkhin Ambagan on Tuesday evening.
Hathajari Police Station Officer-in-Charge Liakot Ali said a 15-year old girl named Annie died when a wall collapsed at Khondokia Hajiparha on Tuesday afternoon.
Buses and cars were not plying on several roads.
As many as 127 people were killed in different incidents of landslide in the port city in only one month, June 2007.
Weather office said until 9pm on Tuesday, 462.5 milimetres of rainfall was recorded in Chittagong, submerging almost two-thirds of the port city.
The district administration has been suggesting people living by the hillside to take shelter at safer places until the weather conditions improve. About 50 families living by hillsides of Biswacolony and Batali Hills were shifted until Tuesday afternoon.
The district administration also dismantled 20 houses.
Assistant Director of the Department of Environment Golam Mohammad Bhuiyan said families living by the hillsides in the city would be evicted gradually.
Bandarban
Bandarban District Commissioner K M Tariqul Islam told bdnews24.com on Wednesday that 24 people were killed on Tuesday night in a hillslide in Faitang area of Lama upazila.
Chairman of Faitong Union Parishad Mohammad Shamsul Alam said part of a hill collapsed on Tuesday night amid heavy downpour over several houses killing at least 24 people.
Officer-in-Charge of Faitong police outpost Abu Bakar said more were still believed to be under the debris. He said rescue efforts had been affected due to bad weather.
Rescuers shovelled out three others and admitted them at the Lama Upazila Health Complex, Lama's Health Inspector Didarul Islam said.
Life in several areas, including Bandarban Sadar, Ruma, Thanchi, Rowangchari, Lama, Alikadam and Naikhyongchari upazilas, has come to a halt as the low-lying areas became waterlogged snapping road communication with the rest of the country.
The DC said the situation deteriorated from Tuesday night as water from continuous downpour over past several days had clogged low-lying areas of Lama, including the residence of Lama Upazila Nirbahi Officer, Upazila Parishad and the market area.
Telecommunication was hit and there was no electricity in the town, he added.
Meanwhile, six people were killed in Naikhyangchharhi's Baishari when a mud house collapsed.
Officer-in-Charge of Naikhyongchari Police Station said six bodies had been recovered from the site.
He could not immediately identify the deceased.
Lama market areas and several other parts of the municipality have been waterlogged due to rain-triggered flash flood.
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