প্রকাশ: 20/04/2022
Dhaka woke up to a rainy morning on Wednesday, but two hours
of showers in large parts of the city brought back the obvious miseries --
waterlogged roads and rush-hour traffic snarls.
The worst affected were the office-goers and school-going
children as rush-hour traffic crawled in several busy stretches of the densely
populated metropolis due to the unexpected summer rain.
The weather department recorded 44mm of
rainfall between 6.30am and 8.30am, which it attributed to a midnight
nor'wester, and predicted light to moderate showers in large parts of the
country, including the capital city, in the next 48 hours.
According to the weatherman, the windspeed was recorded at
70km per hour in the capital during the nor'wester.
Besides Dhaka, the nor'wester swept across the districts of
Rangpur, Naogaon, Kurigram, Dinajpur, Kishoreganj, Brahmanbaria, Hatia,
Cumilla, Noakhali, Swandip, Rangamati, Faridpur and Rajbari.
The average speed of the wind with hailstorms was 55km per
hour across the country during the nor'wester, according to the weather
department.
Md Abul Kalam Mallik, a meteorologist at the Bangladesh
Meteorological Department, said that a maximum of 60mm rainfall was recorded in
Rangpur district while the wind speed was 78km per hour.
The internal river ports have been asked to hoist 'riverine
warning signal No 2', the official added.
According to the Met office, the showers may continue in
Dhaka, Kishoreganj, Brahmanbaria, Rajbari, Faridpur, Noakhali, Hatia and many
parts of the country on Wednesday.
The weather forecast from the Met office on Tuesday said
that a trough of westerly low laid over the sub-Himalayan West Bengal and
adjoining areas.
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