Staff Reporter :
A nor’wester lashed the capital Dhaka and some other parts of the country early Wednesday.
The maximum wind speed was recorded at 60km per hour in the capital during the nor’wester.
Besides, the seasonal storm uprooted many trees in the capital – blocking some roads.
Capital’s Gulshan Link Road was blocked in the morning following the storm after a tree had fallen on the road.
“Many trees were uprooted and blocked the on Gulshan-Badda Link Road this morning due to the Kalbaishakhi storm,” wrote one city dweller about his suffering on Facebook.
Another uprooted tree blocked a road in the Banani area.
Moreover, people from some parts of the capital reported a moderate hailstorm.
According to the Meteorological Department, it started raining in the capital from 6 am today (Wednesday); adding that the wind speed in the city’s airport area was 60 kilometers per hour during the storm.
“Heavy rain started just before 7 am. That was accompanied by lightning. 44 mm of rain was recorded in the capital in the early hours of Wednesday,” Meteorologist Mohammad Abul Kalam told the media.
“At that time the wind speed in the capital’s Agargaon area was 55 kilometers per hour. The speed in the airport area was 60 kilometers,” he added.
Besides Dhaka, the nor’wester swept across the districts of Rangpur, Naogaon, Kurigram, Dinajpur, Kishoreganj, Brahmanbaria, Hatia, Cumilla, Noakhali, Swandip, Rangamati, Faridpur and Rajbari.
The average speed of the wind with hailstorms was 55km per hour across the country during the nor’wester, according to the weather department. “A maximum of 60mm rainfall was recorded in Rangpur district while the wind speed was 78km per hour,” it added.
According to a Met Office forecast, rain and thundershowers with intense lightning flashes accompanied by temporary gusty and squally wind are likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna and Chattogram divisions with hails at isolated places.
The westerly low flow lies over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and the adjoining area. Seasonal flow lies over South Bay, added the Met Office.
The Met office asked the internal river ports to hoist ‘riverine warning signal No 2.
