Sunamganj, May 4 -- An early wave of flash floods, triggered by upstream hill runoff and days of relentless rain, has inundated vast stretches of haor land in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj, leaving thousands of farmers staring at devastating crop losses.

Within hours of heavy rainfall from Saturday morning, water levels rose sharply across the low-lying wetlands, submerging ripened boro paddy-the region's primary and often only annual crop.

The sudden flood has turned once-golden fields into an endless expanse of water,said farmers.

Villages under Chormohalla union-including Buraigiri, Boroghatti, Bagachhara, Gojahati, Baruka and Ura beel-are now largely underwater.

The situation worsened dramatically after a key embankment at Khaner B...