Scores of villages in three coastal districts — Khulna, Satkhira and Patuakhali — are flooded by seawater as the protection embankments damaged by the super cyclonic storm Amphan were not repaired.

Several million villagers are marooned while many houses have been damaged and over hundred shrimp enclosures remain inundated due to the water.

The flood scenario in the central districts — Manikganj, Rajbari and Faridpur — remained unchanged while water started receding in the north.

 Met Office said that water level of the area increased significantly for heavy rainfall due to low in the Bay of Bengal and the maritime ports were asked to hoist local cautionary signal No 3 while high tide is predicted due to attraction of the full and the new moon.

Meanwhile, a Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre bulletin on Friday said that out of 101 observation points, water level in 43 points increased and water in 53 points decreased while it remained unchanged in 5 points.

Water level of the Padma, Meghna and Atrai, Jamuna, Dhaleswari, Brahmaputra is still flowing above the danger level and the trend would continue, said the forecast.

The highest level of water recorded in the Meghna in Chandpur was 55 centimetres, Padma at Mawa 20cm, Jamuna  at Sureshwar 34cm and Dhaleswari at Elasin 24cm.

The prolonged flood situation improved a little with water receding early this week when major rivers began to flow below the danger level.

It is feared that another wave of flooding may hit the country next week due to heavy rainfall upstream.

Meteorologist AKM Mazmul Hoque said that rain might continue at most of the districts of Rajshahi, Khulna, Chattogram and Barishal divisions and many districts of Dhaka and Sylhet divisions.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority on Thursday suspended movement of all small vessels including launches across the country in the coastal areas for an indefinite period due to inclement weather as the Met Office asked to maintain cautionary signal No 3 at all seaports and signal No 1 at both Aricha and Mawa launch terminals.

All vessels — passenger-laden launches, speedboats and goods-laden vessels — under 65 feet would be under the suspension, said the transport authority public relations officer Mobarak Hossain Mazumder on Thursday.

New Age Correspondent in Khulna reported that salty water from sea inundated about 20 villages at Koyra as the protection embankment was not repaired after Amphan.

The Kopotakkho water has been flowing four feet above the danger level while high tide was 2.5 to 3.0 feet higher than the usual due to low in the sea and heavy rainfall.

Kasba upazila chairman SM Shafiqul Islam said that over 5,000 houses inundated by salty water and scores of shrimp enclosures were damaged.

Our Correspondent in Satkhira reported that over hundred villages of two upazilas — Assasuni and Shyamnagar — inundated as water level of Kopotakkho and Kholpetua swelled.

Abu Hena Shakil, Sreeula union parishad chairman at Assasuni, said that overt 22 villages of the union have been inundated as water of Kholpetua entered in the locality through breaches at the dams.

At least 20 villages of Pratapnagar union have also been flooded and as result several thousand people of the villages are now remain marooned.

New Age correspondent in Patuakhali reported that the breaches at the embankment in two places — eight kilometres from Pasharbunia to Nawapara and three km from Manjupara to Chandupara — were not repaired for months.

Local public representatives said that over 20,000 villagers of Rangabali and Kalapara upazila’s Kalagasia, Char Kashem, Char Montaj and Char Anda remain under water due to flood.

Shawkat Hossain Tapan Biswash, Lalua union parishad chairman at Kalapara upazila, said that they urged the officials for relief and the victims were still waiting and they did not even manage to move to the government shelters.

People of the costal districts reiterated their demand for strong embankments which would protect them against such calamities.

Our Lalmonirhat correspondent reported that floodwater was receding in the northern districts but the residents continued to bear the brunt of erosion.

At least 456 houses were washed away in the last 24 hours while over 27,889 houses got devoured by river erosion in eight northern districts in the last two months, according to the Bangladesh Water Development Board.

Local BWDB identified at least a 211 spots in 8 districts that witnessed serious erosion.

Officials said they were trying to prevent river erosion by dumping geo-bags.

Over 7 lakh people of 65 upazilas under 8 districts have so far been affected by floods said Joyti Pr