The unremitting rain, triggered by a depression in the Bay, is likely to stop by Sunday morning and the overall weather situation may improve by this time, a met office official has told BSS. But it will take time for a better weather till tomorrow morning,” Abdul Mannan, a meteorologists at Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), said on Saturday. The meteorologists also said all fishing boat and trawler over North Bay have been advised to remain in shelter until further notice. “The land depression over Gangetic west Bengal and adjoining Odisha and southwestern part of Bangladesh moved north-northeastwards and was centered at 9am today over west Bengal Western part of Bangladesh,” said a BMD weather bulletin this morning. Country’s highest rainfall in last 24 hours ending at 6am today was recorded 271mm in Gopalgonj.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 21, 2017 07:41 UTC