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DHAKA Domata Peko Jersey , Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Boats are now the only lifeline forhundreds of people living on a remote island on Jamuna, one of thethree major rivers in Bangladesh.


Beribari Island in Bangladesh's northern Sirajganj district,some 134 km northwest of Dhaka, has been left completely cut offfrom the mainland for a month by flesh floods that have batteredthe entire region recently.


The islanders have said that the powerful floods have washedaway almost everything.


Scores of flood-displaced families were forced to move to highergrounds on the island this week as they await relief supplies fromboth the government and the non-governmental organizations.


The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society with support from theInternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,among other organizations, has been continuing its efforts tosupport the vulnerable people there.


Heavy flooding has left millions of people displaced in some 20districts in the northern part of the country Ronald Leary Jersey , with Beribari Islandone of the worst affected areas in the region.


Rising water levels have almost submerged the entire island andmany residents have fled the devastation.


Flash floods overnight washed everything away, said Nasima, awoman in her 50s, while queuing up for emergency supplies.


"I have received relief materials from the Bangladesh RedCrescent Society and they've been a lifesaver. I received 15 kg ofrice, some lentil, sugar and other essentials Menelik Watson Jersey ," she said, addinghow grateful she was.


Forty-year old Foara has also been displaced by the flood.


"Thankfully the Red Crescent Society has been providing us withpurified water. This water is vital as its free of germs," shesaid.


Red Crescent Society volunteer Sujon Kumar Roy said they aredistributing relief materials to 130 families in need.


"We select the worst-affected flood victims and provide themwith relief support," the volunteer told Xinhua.


Another volunteer Fatima Parvin Nancy said they have also beensupporting the most vulnerable people in society who have beenhard-hit by the floods, with children, disabled people and pregnantwomen being given priority access to relief supplies.


Australian Tom Bamforth Shaquil Barrett Jersey , a shelter cluster coordinator with theInternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies(IFRC), who has been making immense contributions to the BangladeshRed Crescent Society's efforts to support the flood victims, saidit continues to be a very difficult situation here.


"The floods are devastating and the water's still rising. Peoplewe've talked to said they've had to walk through water up to theirnecks to get from one place to another," Bamforth said.


He said it will likely take a long time for the waters to godown.