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Flood follows rain

8 October 2009, 17:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Thakurgaon

At least 15 villages in the district and a few areas of the town were inundated due to two days of continuous rain. About 300 families were marooned in the flash flood. The most affected villages are Khalpara, Nayabosti, Collegepara, Fakdanpur, Mohammadpur, Hathadpara and Munshirhat under Sadar upazila, Shaguni under Pirganj upazila, Shindurna village under Ranishankoil upazila. Rivers Tangan, Kulik Dhepa and Shenua swelled and overflowed their banks affecting aman and vegetable fields on hundreds of acres.