Pedestrians wade through stagnant water on a road in Old Dhaka's Nazira Bazar area on Friday. Heavy rain on the day left many parts of the city under water, much to the sufferings of the residents — FE photo The capital city, as elsewhere in the country, witnessed intermittent downpour on Friday, which caused waterlogging in different areas and disrupted normal life of the dwellers.
The Met Office recorded 21 millimetres (mm) of rainfall in Dhaka until 6:0pm on the day.
Due to the downpour, different city low-lying areas, roads and lanes and by-lanes witnessed waterlogging, hampering movement of vehicles as well as pedestrians.
According to the Met Office, the highest rainfall was recorded at 261mm in Sandwip followed by Netrokona with 226mm while the lowest rainfall was reported at 34mm in Jashore.
It said monsoon remained active over Bangladesh and moderate over the North Bay.
In its two days' forecast, the Met Office said on Friday light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind and intense lightning might occur at most places, with moderately heavy to very heavy rainfall at places of the country.
The places are: Dhaka, Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions. Day temperature may remain nearly unchanged and night temperature may fall by 1.0 to-2.0 ° C in the country, it said adding the maximum temperature was recorded at 28.8° C and the minimum at 27.4° C in Dhaka on Friday.
Just two days after recording 811.6 mm of rainfall in a day, Cherrapunji in Meghalaya received an abundant 972 mm of rainfall in 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Friday, according to a report published on https://nenow.in/.
According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), this is the highest rainfall in the world's one of the wettest place since 1995.
Cherrapunji recorded 673.6 mm of rainfall on Thursday, 811.6 mm on Wednesday, 62.6 mm on Tuesday, 293 mm on Monday and 354 mm on Sunday.
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