An embankment on the Kholpetua River has in south-west Bangladesh, leaving 16 villages under water and 2,000 families marooned.
The collapsed occurred during the evening of Sunday 22 March 2015, in Shyamnagar upazila (borough) in Satkhira district, Khulna Division. Paddy fields and hundreds of shrimp enclosures have also been badly affected, according to local authorities quoted in Bangladesh media.
Twelve villages in Athulia union and 4 villages in Burogoalini union were flooded. Many people appear to have remained in the area, despite the flooding. Others have evacuated their homes and are staying in villages nearby.
Work to repair the embankments began on Monday, according to Bangladesh Water Development Board. Causes of the embankment collapse have not been given.
In July 2014 as many as 30 villages in the Bhola District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh were flooded after embankments along the overflowing Meghna River collapsed.
