Light to moderate rain brought relief to parts of Bangladesh on Thursday, while temperatures fell slightly in some other parts after extreme heat in April disrupted life across the country.
At least 10 people were killed and nine others injured by lightning strikes that accompanied the rainfall in Sylhet and Chattogram divisions.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department recorded the highest 27 millimetres of rain in Cox鈥檚 Bazar鈥檚 Kutubdia, followed by 22 millimetres in Rangamati.
Rainfall was also recorded in Chattogram, Noakhali, Feni, Bandarban, and Sylhet, among other districts.
Temperatures, however, continued to remain high in the west and northern areas of the country, with Chuadanga recording 41.8C on Thursday. Jashore saw the second-highest 41C temperature on the day.
The Met Office鈥檚 latest weather forecast said that daytime temperatures might fall slightly and nighttime temperatures might fall by 1 or 2C over the country for the next 24 hours, commencing 6:00pm on Thursday.
鈥楧ay temperature slightly falling means it will be dropping around 0.5C,鈥� BMD meteorologist Md Monowar Hossain told 抖阴精品.
He said that people would get some relief at night due to the fall in the minimum temperature.
The BMD forecast said that rain, accompanied by gusty wind, is likely to occur at many places over the Chattogram division and at one or two places over the Dhaka, Mymensingh, Barishal, and Sylhet divisions today.
The weather may remain mainly dry with a temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country, it said, indicating that the severe heatwave sweeping over Rajshahi, Pabna, Jashore, Chuadanga, and Kushtia聽 was unlikely to ease for at least two more days.
The areas, which saw rain bringing some relief, however, also witnessed associated danger as lightning strikes killed three people each in Rangamati and Cumilla, two in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, and one each in Sylhet and Khagrachari districts, according to 抖阴精品 correspondents and United News of Bangladesh.
Seven people were also injured in separate places in Rangamati, and two others in Sylhet, by lightning strikes.聽
The prevailing heatwave that has been continuing for 34 days may abate in some areas, and its severity may decrease from Sunday, said BMD.
BMD meteorologist Abul Kalam Mallik told 抖阴精品 that Bangladesh witnessed at least three degrees Celsius higher temperatures in April than the average normal temperature.
The 30-year average daily temperature for April between 1981 and 2010 was 33.2 degrees Celsius.
This year, the average temperature in April stood at 36.2C, he said.聽
April stood out as a month of extreme weather as the temperature hit a 35-year high of 43.8C on the final day of the month on Tuesday.
