[Today’s Prayer] 300,000 people evacuated due to massive floods in Bangla... 42 dead, 5 million people isolated

As heavy monsoon rains caused massive flooding in Bangladesh, approximately 300,000 people fled their homes and took refuge in shelters, and more than 40 people died.

According to AFP and Associated Press on the 24th (local time), heavy rain has been pouring throughout Bangladesh, including the border area between Bangladesh and India, since the beginning of this week, causing rivers to overflow and landslides to occur, causing continued damage.

Authorities in Bangladesh and India have calculated that 42 people have died in both countries so far due to the heavy rain.

In particular, about 5 million Bangladeshi residents are stranded as rivers overflow and wash away their banks.

In addition, the highway connecting Chittagong, Bangladesh's second largest city, and Dhaka, the capital, was washed away, causing disruption in various logistics movements, and the Cox's Bazar refugee camp, where about 1 million Myanmar refugees live, is also suffering significant damage from flooding.

Accordingly, the Bangladesh government is providing food and emergency medical supplies to isolated residents, has opened over 3,000 shelters for flood victims, and has deployed over 600 medical teams.

BRAC (Rural Development Council), a non-governmental organization (NGO) that fights poverty in Asia and Africa, said in a statement, "This is the worst flooding we have seen in the last 30 years. People are stranded across the country, and as the rain continues, the situation is worsening in many places." “I am concerned that it will get worse,” he said.

Bangladesh usually receives a lot of rain during the monsoon from June to September.

However, many Bangladeshis claim that the flooding occurred in Bangladesh downstream due to the opening of a dam in the upstream region of Tripura, India.

India's Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement denying this.

India and Bangladesh share 54 rivers that originate in the Himalayas and flow into the Bay of Bengal.

“Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding.” “Yes, we will come to you, for you are the Lord our God. Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills and mountains is a deception; surely in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel. From our youth shameful gods have consumed the fruits of our ancestors’ labor—their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters. (Jeremiah 3:22-24)

Lord, we hear the sad news that heavy rains have caused massive flooding in Bangladesh, killing more than 40 people and displacing 300,000.

The organization is currently providing food and emergency medical supplies to flood victims, but rescue efforts are said to be hampered.

God, we ask you to have compassion on the people of Bangladesh who are suffering from disaster.

We believe that they will never be annihilated by Your infinite mercy and compassion, so please save them in Your great sincerity.

Send ambassadors to those souls who look upon the broken tabernacles of the earth and have lost hope, so that the Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven may be preached to them.

And let the work of the gospel revive the feeble hearts of the souls of Bangladesh, so that they will confess the Lord is their inherence.

May the blood You shed on the cross cover the people of Bangladesh, so that they may rise up as a nation that will not give up praising You in the face of any calamity or hardship in the last days!