Rajshahi city experiences highest rainfall in 10 yrs
Friday, 6 October 2023
RAJSHAHI, Sep 05 (UNB): Rajshahi city has witnessed its 10-year's highest rainfall that inundated various important parts of the city and caused suffering to its dwellers.
The Rajshahi met office recorded 245.8 mm of rainfall in 24 hours from 1:00 pm Wednesday to 1:00 pm Thursday which is the highest in the city in the last 10 years.
Many houses in different parts of the city, including Bospara and Terokhada area, have been inundated due to continuous rain. The secondary school test examinations in some schools have been postponed.
However, some were seen fishing with nets in the waterlogged roads.
According to the Met office, some notable rainfall recordded in Rajshahi in the last decade were 111.6 mm in 24 hours on July 21, 2021, 107mm in 24 hours on July 13, 2017, 99 mm in 24 hours on September 1, 2013.