FLOOD INFORMATION CENTRE FLOOD FORECASTING & WARNING CENTRE BANGLADESH WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WAPDA BUILDING, 8TH FLOOR, DHAKA. E-mail: [email protected], Site: http://www.ffwc.gov.bd Tel: 9553118, 9550755 RAINFALL AND RIVER SITUATION SUMMARY AS ON SEPTEMBER 01, 2008. OUTLOOK • Monsoon remains active over north-east Bangladesh and adjoining Assam, Meghalaya & Aurunachal Pradesh whereas it became weak over north-west part of the country and adjoining West Bengal, Bihar & Uttar Pradesh. • The Ganges-Padma & the Meghna continued rising while the Brahmaputra-Jamuna remains steady at upstream but continued rising at downstream points. • The Ganges going up slowly and will continue the tendency for next couple of days. • Small rivers in the north-eastern part of the country finally accumulate at upper Meghna (at Bhairab Bazar) which is rising as well and the increasing trend will further continue for next 2-3 days. • The confluence of both the rivers (the Padma at Goalundo & Bhagyakul) will continue rising for next 3-4 days. • More low laying areas in the districts of Kurigram, Gaibandha, Bogra, Jamalpur, Serajganj, Tangail, Munshiganj, Manikganj, Faridpur, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Dohar & Nawabganj of Dhaka district, Shibganj & Sadar of Chapai-Nawabganj district is likely to inundate by next 48-72 hours. • Flood situation in the districts of Sylhet & Sunamganj is likely to deteriorate further as the region (in and outside of the country) is experiencing heavy rainfall and forecasts for further rainfall over the region. WATER LEVEL: (Stations above danger level) River Station Name Above Danger River Name Station Name Above Danger Name Level in cm Level in cm Dharla Kurigram 35 Lakhya Narayanganj 26 Jamuna Bahadurabad 13 Dhaleswari Jagir 15 Jamuna Serajganj 42 Surma Kanaighat 110 Jamuna Aricha 30 Surma Sunamganj 55 Kaliganga Taraghat 46 Surma Sylhet 22 Ganges Pankha 55 Kushiara Amalshid 103 Padma Goalundo 76 Kushiara Sheola 73 Padma Bhagyakul 80 Kangsha Jariajanjail 42 Arialkhan Madaripur 45 Ghagot Gaibandha 16 Meghna Bhairab Bazar 03 Dhaleswari Rekabibazar 05 RAINFALL Significant rainfalls recorded during last 24 hrs ending at 6 AM today are: Station Name Rainfall in mm Station Name Rainfall in mm Moulvi Bazar 97.0 Lorergarh 79.8 Manu RLY Br. 70.0 Sunamganj 60.0 GENERAL RIVER CONDITION pto Monitored water Level stations 73 Steady 03 Rise 39 Not reported 02 Fall 29 Above danger level 20 (Md. Saiful Hossain) (Md. Qutub Al-Hossain) Executive Engineer Assistant Engineer FFWC, BWDB. Duty Officer, FFWC, BWDB. pto RIVER SITUATION AS ON 01-09-2008 AT 06:00 HOURS ----------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SL RIVER STATION NAME RHWL D.L. W A T E R L E V E L + Rise Above (m) (m) --------------------- - Fall D.L. 31-08-2008 01-09-2008 in cm in cm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN ----------------- 1 DHARLA KURIGRAM 27.52 26.50 26.96 26.85 -11 + 35 2 TEESTA DALIA 52.97 52.40 52.18 52.05 -13 3 TEESTA KAUNIA 30.52 30.00 28.89 28.79 -10 4 JAMUNESWARI BADARGANJ 32.92 32.16 30.81 31.15 + 34 5 GHAGOT GAIBANDHA 22.81 21.70 21.84 21.86 + 2 + 16 6 KARATOA CHAK RAHIMPUR 21.41 20.15 19.20 19.43 + 23 7 KARATOA BOGRA 17.45 16.32 14.13 13.90 -23 8 BRAHMAPUTRA NOONKHAWA 28.10 27.25 26.73 26.73 0 9 BRAHMAPUTRA CHILMARI 25.06 24.00 24.00 23.98 -2 10 JAMUNA BAHADURABAD 20.62 19.50 19.53 19.63 + 10 + 13 11 JAMUNA SERAJGANJ 15.12 13.75 14.03 14.17 + 14 + 42 12 JAMUNA ARICHA 10.76 9.40 9.60 9.70 + 10 + 30 13 OLD BRAHMAPUTRA JAMALPUR 18.00 17.00 16.30 16.42 + 12 14 OLD BRAHMAPUTRA MYMENSINGH 13.71 12.50 10.99 10.96 -3 15 BURIGANGA DHAKA 7.58 6.00 5.36 5.43 + 7 16 BALU DEMRA 7.13 5.75 5.70 5.71 + 1 17 LAKHYA NARAYANGANJ 6.93 5.50 5.70 5.76 + 6 + 26 18 TURAG MIRPUR 8.35 5.94 5.79 5.84 + 5 19 TONGI KHAL TONGI 7.84 6.08 6.00 6.01 + 1 20 KALIGANGA TARAGHAT 10.21 8.38 8.80 8.84 + 4 + 46 21 DHALESWARI JAGIR 9.73 8.23 8.32 8.38 + 6 + 15 22 DHALESWARI REKABI BAZAR 7.66 5.18 5.18 5.23 + 5 + 5 23 BANSHI NAYARHAT 8.39 7.32 6.33 6.38 + 5 GANGES BASIN ------------ 24 KARATOA PANCHAGARH 72.65 70.75 69.12 68.75 -37 25 PUNARBHABA DINAJPUR 34.40 33.50 32.80 32.67 -13 26 ICH-JAMUNA PHULBARI - - 27.45 27.58 + 13 27 TANGON THAKURGAON 51.26 50.40 49.80 49.51 -29 28 UPPER ATRAI BHUSIRBANDAR 41.10 39.62 39.60 38.90 -70 29 MOHANANDA ROHANPUR 23.83 22.00 20.60 20.65 + 5 30 MOHANANDA CHAPAI-NAWABGANJ 23.01 21.00 20.53 20.56 + 3 31 LITTLE JAMUNA NAOGAON 16.20 15.24 13.40 13.42 + 2 32 ATRAI MOHADEBPUR 19.89 18.59 17.00 17.50 + 50 33 GANGES PANKHA 24.14 21.50 22.04 22.05 + 1 + 55 34 GANGES RAJSHAHI 20.00 18.50 17.89 17.93 + 4 35 GANGES HARDINGE BRIDGE 15.19 14.25 13.74 13.76 + 2 36 PADMA GOALUNDO 10.21 8.50 9.17 9.26 + 9 + 76 37 PADMA BHAGYAKUL 7.58 6.00 6.68 6.80 + 12 + 80 38 GORAI GORAI RLY BRIDGE 13.65 12.75 12.16 12.17 + 1 39 GORAI KAMARKHALI 9.48 8.20 8.09 8.12 + 3 40 ICHAMATI SAKRA 4.69 - 1.90 2.33 + 43 41 MATHABHANGA CHUADANGA 12.67 12.04 - 9.66 - 42 MATHABHANGA HATBOALIA 15.13 14.48 11.88 11.88 0 43 KOBADAK JHIKARGACHA 5.59 4.11 4.13 4.11 -2 44 KUMAR FARIDPUR 8.76 7.50 4.80 4.82 + 2 45 ARIALKHAN MADARIPUR 5.80 4.17 4.55 4.62 + 7 + 45 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cont/2 Page-2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SL RIVER STATION NAME RHWL D.L. W A T E R L E V E L + Rise Above (m) (m) --------------------- - Fall D.L. 31-08-2008 01-09-2008 in cm in cm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEGHNA BASIN ------------ 46 SURMA KANAIGHAT 15.26 13.20 14.45 14.30 -15 +110 47 SURMA SYLHET 12.44 11.25 11.49 11.47 -2 + 22 48 SURMA SUNAMGANJ 9.75 8.25 8.75 8.80 + 5 + 55 49 KUSHIYARA AMALSHID 18.28 15.85 16.88 16.88 0 +103 50 KUSHIYARA SHEOLA 14.46 13.50 14.20 14.23 + 3 + 73 51 KUSHIYARA SHERPUR 9.68 9.00 8.96 8.98 + 2 52 SARIGOWAIN SARIGHAT 14.48 12.80 12.70 12.03 -67 53 MANU MANU RLY BR. 20.42 18.00 15.78 15.05 -73 54 MANU MOULVI BAZAR 13.25 11.75 10.25 9.66 -59 55 KHOWAI BALLAH 26.12 21.64 20.35 - - 56 KHOWAI HABIGANJ 11.93 9.50 8.08 7.55 -53 57 DHALAI KAMALGANJ 21.18 19.82 18.15 17.90 -25 58 BHUGAI NAKUAGAON 26.01 22.40 20.87 21.60 + 73 59 JADUKATA LORERGARH 11.85 8.53 7.62 7.29 -33 60 SOMESWARI DURGAPUR 15.20 13.00 11.76 12.22 + 46 61 KANGSHA JARIAJANJAIL 13.37 9.75 10.14 10.17 + 3 + 42 62 MEGHNA BHAIRAB BAZAR 7.66 6.25 6.23 6.28 + 5 + 3 63 GUMTI COMILLA 13.56 11.75 10.11 9.47 -64 64 GUMTI DEBIDDAR - - 7.09 6.65 -44 65 MEGHNA *CHANDPUR L.W.L. 4.92 4.00 3.81** 3.86** + 5 *CHANDPUR H.W.L. 5.35 - 4.36*** 4.39*** + 3 SOUTH EASTERN HILL BASIN ------------------------ 66 MUHURI PARSHURAM 16.33 13.00 11.55 10.25 -130 67 HALDA NARAYAN HAT 18.05 15.25 14.30 13.00 -130 68 HALDA PANCHPUKURIA 11.55 9.50 7.93 6.26 -167 69 SANGU BANDARBAN 20.38 15.25 8.80 8.20 -60 70 SANGU DOHAZARI 9.05 7.00 4.38 4.20 -18 71 MATAMUHURI LAMA 15.46 12.25 8.93 8.33 -60 72 MATAMUHURI CHIRINGA 7.03 5.75 4.71 4.24 -47 73 FENI RAMGARH 21.42 17.37 13.72 13.10 -62 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: WATER LEVEL AT STATION ABOVE DANGER LEVEL UNDERLINED. - DATA NOT AVAILABLE. L.W.L.: Lowest Water Level. RHWL: Recorded Highest Water Level. DUTY OFFICER, D.L.: Danger Level. FLOOD INFORMATION CENTER, * : Tidal Station BWDB, DHAKA. ** : Low Water Level of the Previous Day *** : High Water Level of the Previous Day RAINFALL SITUATION AS ON 01-09-2008 (IN MM) ------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SL STATION MAXIMUM FOR NORMAL FOR RAINFALL FOR 2008 TOTAL UPTODATE NO SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 30-08 31-08 01-09 (UPTO 01-09-2008) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN ----------------- 1 KURIGRAM 746.4 408.5 36.0 157.0 11.5 11.5 2 DALIA 919.7 412.6 224.0 82.0 2.0 2.0 3 KAUNIA 1126.9 406.2 70.0 50.0 21.0 21.0 4 RANGPUR 876.0 407.3 37.5 13.0 8.9 8.9 5 CHILMARI 728.8 373.2 0.9 1.4 49.1 49.1 6 DEWANGANJ 742.1 347.0 15.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 7 GAIBANDHA 753.9 248.0 0.0 0.0 39.0 39.0 8 SERAJGANJ 736.0 280.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9 BOGRA 762.6 315.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10 JAMALPUR 844.6 368.7 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 11 MYMENSINGH 1257.0 416.5 7.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 12 DHAKA 712.0 296.7 5.5 1.3 0.0 0.0 13 TANGAIL 732.0 313.9 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 GANGES BASIN ------------ 14 PANCHAGARH 1100.9 445.2 135.5 27.5 21.0 21.0 15 DINAJPUR 1292.9 383.3 5.5 5.5 0.0 0.0 16 PABNA - 222.0 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 17 NAOGAON 616.3 273.2 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 18 MOHADEBPUR 808.0 287.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 19 KUSHTIA 632.2 249.7 9.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 20 RAJSHAHI 650.8 271.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 21 ROHANPUR 625.0 243.5 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22 C.NAWABGANJ - - 7.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 23 JESSORE 694.0 265.1 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 24 KHULNA 667.0 239.0 0.0 15.0 0.0 0.0 25 SATKHIRA 808.5 314.9 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 26 FARIDPUR 731.1 267.0 0.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 27 MADARIPUR - - 0.7 10.7 4.7 4.7 28 BARISAL 600.2 313.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29 PATUAKHALI 886.3 340.6 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 30 BARGUNA - - 19.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 MEGHNA BASIN ------------ 31 KANAIGHAT 1032.0 637.8 71.0 7.0 17.0 17.0 32 SYLHET 1220.3 575.2 44.0 13.0 2.0 2.0 33 SUNAMGANJ 1130.3 845.3 75.0 53.0 60.0 60.0 34 SHEOLA 1232.0 551.3 68.0 5.0 21.0 21.0 35 MOULVI BAZAR 486.6 280.7 2.0 6.0 97.0 97.0 36 MANU RLY BR 640.0 352.9 6.0 0.0 70.0 70.0 37 HABIGANJ 497.8 301.0 6.0 0.0 18.5 18.5 38 SHERPUR - - 13.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39 DURGAPUR 1525.2 594.8 58.5 12.3 48.5 48.5 40 LORERGARH - - 78.0 143.5