Ten villages in Barguna district have been flooded following collapse of Majherchar embankment in Bishkhali river for torrential rain in the last couple of days influenced by low in the Bay of Bengal.

The residents of five unions in Koyra upazila are passing days amid fear as the vulnerable portion of the flood control embankment covering the area is on the verge of collapse due to unusual tidal surge right after the winter.

Chandpur, Aug 4 (UNB) – A 200-metre block of the town’s protective embankment and 15 houses had been washed away by the Meghna River since Saturday night, triggering fears of massive erosion.