The suffering continues for millions of Bangladeshis as the overall flood situation worsened again on Saturday, with six north-eastern districts - Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, and Sherpur -continuing to be the worst sufferers. The situation is particularly dire in the two frontier districts of Sylhet and Sunamganj, where residents have described the 'worst flooding in living memory'. Even experts were at a loss to foresee the sheer pace at which the two districts have been inundated since Thursday, in close concert with record rainfall witnessed just across the border in Mawsynram and Cherrapunji, in India's hilly Meghalaya state, which are known as the wettest places in the world. On Friday, the Sohra region of Meghalaya's Cherrapunji recorded its third highest rainfall ever in a 24-hour period, with 972.0 mm of rain. It added up to some 2500 mm since Wednesday, its highest 3-day count of rainfall in 27 years. Also read: Army launches flood helpline for Sylhet, Sunamganj Mawsynram recorded 1003.6 mm on Friday, its highest ever for a 24-hour period in June. With the waters inevitably destined to make their way down fiercely over the hilly terrain and rivers running downstream into Bangladesh, flooding in Sunamganj and Sylhet was bound to worsen on Saturday, and that is exactly what happened.