Water levels of all major rivers in Sylhet have kept rising for the last few days due to continuous heavy rain, triggering apprehensions of flash floods.
Sylhet Deputy Magistrate Sheikh Russel Hasan came up on Thursday and ordered all government officials of all upazilas and district administrations to remain prepared to tackle the possible flood.
Sylhet Weather Observatory Centre recorded 105 mm of rainfall from 6 am to 9 am on Thursday while 349 mm of rainfall was recorded in India's Cherrapunji in the past 24 hours.
In an SMS, the DC said a 535mm rainfall was recorded in Sylhet and Cherrapunji till noon on Thursday so all officials under the district have been asked to remain alert.
Shah Md Sajib Hossain, assistant meteorologist of Sylhet Weather Office, said the people of Sylhet have been experiencing rains or thundershowers since Thursday morning which will continue.
All have been asked to be aware of lightning strikes.
