Heavy rain to continue for one more day

Rainfall and low temperature might continue in the country for one more day as an impact of the deep depression over the Indian state of Odisha.

“Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely in Chattogram, Barishal, Khulna, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions as deep depression lies over Odisha,” said an official of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

Thundershowers and squally wind are also likely to occur alongside rain, he said, adding, day and night temperature might fall slightly over the next one day.

“However, the temperature is likely to rise once the depression is over. Present low temperature is no way related to winter,” he told The Daily Star.

According to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre of Bangladesh (FFWC), all the major river systems of the country were in a rising trend, except the Brahmaputra-Jamuna.

“However, the rivers are flowing below their respective danger levels,” said FFWC Executive Engineer Arifuzzaman Bhuiyan.

The severe cyclonic storm “Titli”, which made a landfall in Odisha on Thursday, eventually weakened into a deep depression and moved northeast. The deep depression is likely to continue to move northeast towards the Gangetic West Bengal.

As a result, the Gangetic West Bengal is likely to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall till today, according to the Indian Meteorological Department.

Titli has already claimed at least eight lives, including seven in Andhra Pradesh and one in Odisha.