Flood claimed another life in the country in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the total fatalities to 88. The latest victim died by drowning in floodwater in Netrokona , according to the Directorate general of Health services (DGHS). Read: Another spell of Flood looms over northeastern region Among the deceased, 62 people have died by drowning in floodwater, 14 from lightning strike, two from snake biting, one from diarrhoea, and nine due to other reasons. The total deaths were recorded from May 17 to June 29. Meanwhile, Flood Forecasting & Warning Centre of the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) said there is chance of heavy rainfall at places of the northern and north-eastern Bangladesh along with Assam, Meghalaya and Sub-Himalayan West-Bengal (Jalpaiguri, Sikkim) of India in next 24-48 hours. Read:Floods in the northeast throw over 4.55 lakh students in Sylhet div into uncertainty Flood situation in the northern region and low-lying areas of the central region, including Sylhet and Sunamganj districts, may slighty deteriorate, it said in their latest warning. However, the flood situation is unlikely to worsen further after mid-July, reports Bangladesh Weather Observation Team – BWOT, an independent weather research group.

Flood claimed two more lives in Sherpur and Habiganj districts in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the total fatalities to 84. Each of them died by drowning in floodwater, according to the Directorate general of Health services (DGHS). Read: Soaring prices of dry food another blow to flood-hit Beanibazar residents The total deaths were recorded from May 17 to June 25. Among a total of 70 flood-affected upazilas, 33 upazilas are in Sylhet division, 16 in Rangpur division, 20 in Mymensingh division and one in Chattogram division. Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona and Kurigram are the worst-hit districts where 13, 11, 10 and 9 upazilas were affected by flood respectively. Read: Govt allocates rice, cash, food for flood-hit 3 districts A total of 1,944 flood shelters have been opened, while 2,051 medical teams are working to provide various health services to the flood-affected people.