Seaport-warning

A low pressure area has formed over the northwestern Bay of Bengal. It may intensify into a well marked low pressure area within the next 24 hours. Due to its influence, the northern Bay of Bengal has become rough, prompting the issuance of Local Warning Signal No. 3 at the seaports. At the same time, spells of rain are likely in parts of the country’s southern and northeastern regions. These details were provided in today’s Sunday weather forecast issued by the private organization Bangladesh W...

Chattogram has been devastated by continuous heavy rainfall caused by monsoon winds and a low-pressure system formed over the Bay of Bengal. A record 386.8 millimeters of rainfall has been recorded this season. This has caused waterlogging across vast areas of the city, raised fears of flooding in five districts, increased the risk of landslides, and prompted the weather department to ask Chattogram seaport to keep displaying local warning signal number 3. Due to the disastrous situation...