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BSS, Dhaka

After heavy rains upstream, swelling Surma and Kangsha spilled over their banks, triggering moderate flash floods in Sunamganj and Jariajanjail in Netrakona on Wednesday, flooding low-lying areas alongside the rivers, Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) sources told BSS.

Heavy rainfall upstream of the two rivers caused the moderate flash floods in the areas when the two flashy rivers spilled over their banks.

The rivers were flowing above their danger levels (DL) by 27cm and 26cm respectively when the river water levels were counted at 6 am Wednesday morning. The rivers are projected to rise further.

The FFWC sources said more rains are likely in the upstream and in Sunamganj and Jariajanjail areas.

Met office sources said the second spell of an active monsoon is likely to trigger more rains during the next 24 hours beginning at 6 pm yesterday.

Meanwhile, the FFWC reported all the country's major rivers were flowing their DL yesterday.

The Teesta at Dalia was flowing just 10cm below DL, the Ganges-Padma at downstream at Bhagyakul was 25cm below its DL. The Surma at Kanaighat was below 31 cm.

The Ganges-Padma fell yesterday but may rise during the next two days due to heavy rains upstream, where reports from India said it was rising slowly, the FFWC sources said.

The met office sources here said they are expecting more rains as the monsoon axis has moved to the Himalayan foothills, something suggests the rivers flowing down the great mountain ranges through the plains of north India and onto the Bangladesh plains before emptying into the Bay of Bengal, would be on the rise slowly.

The FFWC sources said the Brahmaputra-Jamuna though remaining below its DL was rising slowly.

With the Brahmaputra-Jamuna on the rise slowly, it has pushed the rivers around Dhaka city also going up slowly. The Turag, Balu, Lakkhya, Dhaleshwari and the Buriganga---all were on upward march but slowly, the FFWC sources said.