Officials of the Water Development Board (WDB) and local administration on Sunday said Muhuri river was flowing two meters above the danger level and Kahua river was overflowing its banks.

The Chagalnaiya-Muhuriganj road has gone under water at four points, they said.

Vast croplands in the Sadar, Sonagazi Parshuram and Fulgazi upazilas have gone under water. Floodwater has also inundated some areas of Sonagazi Pourasabha.

Villages in Gopal, Shuvapur, Radhaanagar and Pathan Nagar unions are the worst affected, where most of the roads have gone under water.

Some of the flood victims in the four unions have taken shelter at Joypur Sorojini High School.

Local people said the flood situation in Chithalia union in Parshuram upazila deteriorated as Muhuri embankment was damaged.

The strong current of water has also damaged a road on the bank of Kahua river near Natunbazar bridge, inundating two kilometres of the Feni-Parshuram road in Fulgazi.