At least five people were killed in 苍辞谤鈥檞别蝉迟别谤蝉 that swept three districts on Saturday morning with heavy rain and lightning.
The capital, Dhaka, recorded 87mm of rainfall in about two and a half hours from 6:00am as frequent thundering rocked parts of the city that went under water causing suffering to commuters.
Weather forecasters warned that similar rainfall events could occur today and tomorrow before a fresh hot spell set in.
Sarankhola police in Bagerhat confirmed that two wage earners were killed in lightning strikes in Rayenda at about 10:30am on Saturday while they were waiting to unload sand from a vessel.
The deceased are as Mostofa, 55, and Milon, 35.
Cumilla district relief and rehabilitation office said that a 17-year-old boy, Siyam, was killed by a lightning strike at Gopalnagar of Debidwar.
The DRR office in Chuadanga confirmed one more death at about 9:00am by a lightning strike.
Rubel Hossain, 32, died in a rice field in Begumpur of the sadar upazila after being struck by lightning.
Damurhuda police confirmed the death of Ahammed Mallik, a farmer, in a rice field at Khorergari.聽
Nor鈥檞esters are born when dry westerlies meet warm and moisture-prone southerlies blowing from the Bay of Bengal.
A nor鈥檞ester blows in a north-westerly direction between March and May, when the land surface temperature rapidly rises.
Earlier between May 4 and 6, 24 people, mostly farmers, were killed in 苍辞谤鈥檞别蝉迟别谤蝉 across Bangladesh.
The United Nations Capital Development Fund, in a report, mentioned Bangladesh as a country with one of the highest death rates by lightning.
The latest spell of 苍辞谤鈥檞别蝉迟别谤蝉 came after 37 days of the longest ever heatwave. The heatwave officially killed 15 people.
The BMD, in its weather bulletin issued at 6:00pm on Saturday, predicted rain at a few places of Mymensingh, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Dhaka.
On Saturday, Bangladesh鈥檚 highest maximum temperature of 34.7C was recorded in Rajshahi.
The maximum day temperature in Dhaka was 31.5C.
In the 24 hours until 6:00pm on Sunday, Bangladesh鈥檚 highest rainfall was recorded in Dhaka, according to the BMD.
