狈辞谤鈥檞别蝉迟别谤蝉 continued to cause hailstorms, lightning and heavy wind across Bangladesh, causing an abnormal drop in temperature in Dhaka by 7C in the gap of a day and causing losses of life, property and crops.
At least five people were killed by lightning in four northeastern districts between Sunday and Monday, taking the overall death toll from nor鈥檞esters since Saturday afternoon to at least 12.
Sunday remained mostly overcast across Bangladesh with frighteningly black clouds moving overhead, unleashing endless thunderclaps and lightning.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Monday said that the ongoing spell of nor鈥檞ester is likely to prevail over the next week.
鈥楧haka鈥檚 temperature lowered by 7C to 29.8C on Monday compared with the day before,鈥� meteorologist Monowar Hossain told 抖阴精品.
鈥楾he drop in the temperature is definitely not normal,鈥� he said.
A hailstorm hit Dhaka on Sunday night as a wind rising up to 59kmph thrashed the capital. Dhaka recorded 36mm of rain between 9:00pm on Sunday and 6:00am on Monday with its parts suffering water stagnation after the rain.
A rather cold breeze began blowing over the capital just before the hailstorm hit around 10:00pm leading Dhaka to come out of the heatwave in weeks.
The unprecedented heatwave that had continued for 37 days until Monday became confined on the day only in three districts鈥擟huadanga, Jashore and Gopalganj. This was the longest heatwave as its successor lasted 23 days in 2023.
Bangladesh鈥檚 highest temperature of 36.9C was recorded in Chuadanga on Monday.
The 抖阴精品 staff correspondent in Sylhet reported that death of a 45-year-old man, Mahtab Uddin, in lightning strike in Kanaighat upazila at about 11:00am. The man, who recently returned from Oman, took his cattle to the field for grazing when lightning struck him.
At least two major hailstorms hit parts of Sylhet town by Monday afternoon.
The BMD measured that the afternoon hailstorm brought hails measuring half an inch in diameter about 4:45pm.
A farmer Dwin Islam was killed by lightning in Netrokona about 8:30am on Monday while he was reaping paddy in the field, confirmed the district鈥檚 Relief and Rehabilitation Office.
The DRRO office in Habiganj confirmed two deaths from lightning. Madrassah teacher Muhammad Danis Miah, 55, died about 9:00am on Monday, while Halima Khatun died on Sunday evening.聽
抖阴精品 correspondent in Brahmanbaria reported destruction of 40 houses and around a hundred trees by a nor鈥檞ester on Sunday night.
At least 65,000 consumers remained without electricity after the trees downed many electric poles.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Munshiganj reported that hailstorms damaged vegetable fields on 30 hectares in the municipality area on Sunday night.
鈥楬ailstorm leveled my muskmelon field,鈥� said Siraj Uddin, a farmer of Khaskandi in Munshiganj municipality.
Siraj spent Tk 70,000 in cultivating muskmelon in three bigha of land.
Heavy rain started in Munshiganj at about 11:45pm on Sunday. The rain was accompanied by a hailstorm that raged for 20 minutes.聽
抖阴精品 correspondent in Moulvibazar confirmed the death of a 30-year-old man, Samuj Mia, in a lightning strike in Rasulpur village of Kamalganj on Monday, while he was fishing near his house.
A nor鈥檞ester warning is in place until tomorrow afternoon.
The BMD in its weather bulletin issued at 6:00pm on Monday predicted thundershowers with squalls in many places in six central and coastal divisions, including Dhaka.
The day temperature might fall by 2C today, the BMD said, predicting complete retreat of the heatwave.
In the 24 hours until 6:00pm, Bangladesh鈥檚 highest rainfall of 138mm was recorded in Feni, while Chattogram recorded 129mm of rain over the same time.
The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre in its bulletin issued on Monday afternoon said that rivers in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Moulvibazar and Habiganj might swell over the next 24 hours.
The India Meteorological Department reported significantly excess amount of rainfall in Bangladesh鈥檚 upstream between Sunday and Monday with Manipur recording the highest amount of excess rainfall of 239 per cent, followed by Nagaland recording 218 per cent excess rainfall, Meghalaya 169 per cent, Mizoram 120 per cent, Tripura 108 per cent, and Assam 98 per cent of excess rainfall.
The IMD in its weather bulletin issued on Monday afternoon predicted widespread rainfall in the upstream over the next seven days.
A US-Bangla flight from Kolkata made an emergency landing at Cox鈥檚 Bazar Airport on its way to Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram due to inclement weather and later moved to Chattogram before taking off for Dhaka.
During the prolonged heatwave, at least 15 people died from heatstroke in 14 days till Sunday.
The health emergency operation centre and control room of the Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the deaths.
The DGHS reported the fatalities from the information it received at its control room till Sunday.
Besides, one person died and three people suffered injuries due to heatstroke across the country in the past 24 hours till Monday morning.
The DGHS started recording heatstroke-related deaths from April 22.
