Cold with dense fog disrupts normal life in Sylhet

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Sylhet Bureau :
Dense fog and cold wave largely paralysed the life in Sylhet and its adjacent areas for disruption of air, water and road communications causing huge sufferings to thousands of people.
Sylhet has witnessed intolerable cold with dense fog as cold wave is sweeping over different parts of the region, said Sayed Chowdhury, a meteorologist at the District Met Office.
He said the temperature is likely to rise a little bit from Monday. The lowest temperature was recorded in Sylhet at 14 degree Celsius at city Area on Friday.
Moderate to thick fog may occur at places in Sylhet and its adjacent district during midnight to morning for the next 24 hours, Chowdhury said. The normal life has been disrupted in the district due to bone-chilling cold.
Many children and elderly people have been suffering badly from various cold-related diseases. Street people are seen lighting fires to keep themselves warm as the sun remains invisible in the morning today due to dense fog.
Traffic control room of Sylhet Osmani International Airport (SOIA) sources said dense fog has disrupted flights operations at SOIA today. Airport sources said the flight schedule of domestic and international flights has been changed for one to three hours due to dense fogs.
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