Record-breaking floods in Bangladesh have wreaked havoc as an estimated 7.2 million people have been affected and are in desperate need of shelter and emergency relief items in the north-eastern region of the country.From early in the month of June, torrential rain and upstream water have completely submerged around 94 per cent of the town of Sunamganj and 84 per cent of Sylhet districts, in northeastern Bangladesh, bordering the Meghalaya state of India.While Sylhet and Sunamganj have almost been cut off from other parts of the country, multiple districts nearby including Netrokona, Kishoreganj are also experiencing floods.

Health facilities at the upazila, union and community levels are significantly impacted due to severe flooding and many of these centres have been converted to makeshift/temporary shelters. A total of 140 medical teams form for the treatment of the flood-affected people across the country.Officials from the hard-hit Sylhet region of Bangladesh have called the floods the worst to hit the area. According to District Disaster Management Committee in Sylhet, 90,000 people including 36,000 children are in the shelter as of 18th June 2022.