<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The death toll from the devastating flood has risen to 27, with at least 1,207,429 families adversely affected across seven districts in the country as of Tuesday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Farooq-e Azam, disaster management and relief adviser came up with the figures while addressing a press conference over the country’s overall flood situation at his secretariat office in Dhaka this afternoon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The highest number of fatalities in the floods so far took place in Comilla, where 10 people have lost their lives, he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>