Rain brings relief in Ctg

The residents of Chattogram City got relief from the intense heat prevailing in the country for the last few days with continuous rain from yesterday morning.Rain and thunderstorms started around 9:30 am in different parts of the port city.As rain provided relief, many expressed gratitude by posting on their social media profiles.  Patenga Weather Office has recorded one mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours till 9 am on yesterday and city dwellers will likely experience more rain yesterday.Besides, the river ports have been asked to hoist local cautionary signal no-1 and more rains with thunderstorms will likely occur in the district.

According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind are likely to occur at a few places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and one or two places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, and Barishal divisions with hails at isolated places.The weather may remain mainly dry with a temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country.Meanwhile, a very severe heatwave is sweeping over the districts of Jashore, Khulna, Chuadanga, Pabna, and Rajshahi and a severe heatwave is sweeping over the districts of Tangail, Faridpur, Gopalganj, and the rest of the Khulna division.

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