SYLHET, Aug 7 Hundreds of thatched houses and standing crops on vast tracts have been damaged in the district in flash flood caused by Incessant rain and downpour of hill waters from across the border, reports UNB.

River Jafflong and Pialngualn burst their banks a mid heavy rains and the wa ters rolling down the neighbouring Indian state of Meghalaya In the last few days, officials and focal people said.

At least five unions— Rustampur, Tuakkul, Nandtr goan. Langura and Allrgaon—In Guainghat upazlla have been affected severely by fresh flooding in the district

With continuous rise of wa ter levels of all the rtvere in Sylhet. the flood is likely to take a serious turn, water experts said.