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Flood situation has deteriorated in Noakhali district due to relentless rainfall and a rise in the water level of Muhuri river, resulting in more areas of the district have been flooded and affecting millions of people.
However, 71 millimeter (mm) rains were recorded by the district Weather Office in a day till fill the report.
As many as 20 lakh people were stranded due to the flow of flood water. Roads, crops fields and fish ponds have gone under the flood water while seven municipalities in Noakhali district have been submerged.
Water logging is seen in most areas of the district including Maijdee. District administration has shut all the educational institutions. Flood water entered homes and market places in Noakhali municipality.
As part of emergency assistance, the district administration is helping to distribute relief items among the flood-affected people.
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