Cities-localities-regions are burning in the intense heat of Baisakh. The hot air is touching the body like a flame. The chest is drying up. The suffering of the working people has become unbearable. Trees-shrubs-vines are leading to the hot sun and windy nature. A desert breeze is blowing across the country. Heat wave is blowing in 48 districts. The temperature has dropped a bit on Monday in different parts of the country including Dhaka. However, in the last 24 hours, seven people have died due to heat illness. There is no relief from the scorching heat now as there is no chance of immediate rain. The Meteorological Department issued another three-day heat alert yesterday. Weather analysts say that the temperature may reach 44 degrees in Jessore, Chuadanga, Ishwardi regions.
Yesterday, the highest temperature of the country was recorded at 40.6 degrees Celsius in Khulna, Jessore and Chuadanga. The highest temperature in the country was 42.2 degrees Celsius in Chuadanga on Sunday. Earlier on Saturday, the highest temperature in the country was recorded in the southern town of Jessore at 42.6 degrees Celsius. This was the highest temperature in the country this year. That day the temperature of the capital was 40.4 degrees Celsius. This was also the highest temperature in the city this year.
Yesterday the maximum temperature of Dhaka was 37.8 degrees Celsius. Apart from this, 40.5 in Ishwardi in Pabna, 40.1 in Mongla in Bagerhat, 40 in Kumarkhali and Rajshahi in Kushtia, 39.3 in Satkhira, 39.2 in Tangail, 39.1 in Gopalganj, 39 in Faridpur, 38 in Tarashe and Bogra of Sirajganj, 37.2 in Dinajpur, 37.2 in Madaripur 37, 36.9 in Barisal, 36.8 in Badalgachi of Naogaon, 36.6 in Patuakhali, 36.5 in Sayedpur of Rangamati and Nilphamari, 36.3 in Mymensingh, 36.2 in Rajarhat of Bhola and Kurigram, 36 degrees Celsius in Nikli of Rangpur and Kishoreganj.
Yesterday in the country only Sylhet received 50 mm of rain. According to the Meteorological Department, severe heat waves are passing over Rajshahi, Pabna, Khulna, Bagerhat, Jessore, Chuadanga and Kushtia districts. Mild to moderate heat wave is moving over Mymensingh, Moulvibazar, Rangamati along with remnants of Rajshahi and Khulna divisions and Dhaka, Rangpur and Barisal divisions. This heat wave can spread.
From yesterday evening to today Tuesday evening, two or two places of Sylhet division may experience temporary gusty/gusty winds with rain/thunder. Also there may be scattered hail at some places. Day temperatures may increase slightly and night temperatures may remain almost unchanged across the country. Excess water vapor may cause discomfort. The extended five-day forecast said that rainfall may increase in the northeastern part of the country towards the end of this period.
Meteorologist Omar Farooq said that the temperature will increase slightly today and tomorrow on Wednesday. Temperatures may drop on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. But it is not significant. Temperatures will be close to present. After that, the temperature may be high again for three days. There will be heat waves throughout this month. Rainfall is likely in early May itself. Then the temperature will drop.
Meteorologists say that the average temperature in April this year has gone up in the country due to insufficient rainfall. Meteorologist Hafizur Rahman said that the difference between day and night temperature is decreasing due to non-rainfall. As a result, it is getting hot. The heat will subside only if there is heavy rain. There is no chance of heavy rainfall in the near term. Mainly there is no rainfall due to the absence of monsoon winds from the Bay of Bengal. Monsoon is delayed this year. So we may have to wait till June for heavy rainfall.
Seven dead in heat: A farmer named Ajgar Ali Bepari (60) died of heat stroke in Bangram area of Dasarar upazila of Madaripur. Yesterday afternoon, while working for his food, he fell ill due to intense sun and heat. Two women died within an hour in Chuadanga. Both of them are residents of Beguarkhal village of Nagdah union of Alamdanga upazila. Ashura Khatun (25) lost her life while taking rice to the field for her husband at 9:30 am yesterday. Apart from this, another person named Ayesha Begum (70) died at 10:30 am.
A farmer died yesterday afternoon while working in a maize field in Rajshahi’s Bagmara. His name is Montu Hossain (45). He is the son of Moslem Ali of Jamalpur village of Goalkandi union of the upazila.
A rickshaw driver named Abdul Awal (45) died on the road behind Dhaka Medical Nursing College. The rickshaw driver was rescued and taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital at around 4:30 pm yesterday, where the doctor declared him dead. At the hospital, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Shahbag police station Suman Basak said, it is believed that he died of heatstroke due to extreme heat.
In Bagerhat’s Fakirhat, a palm tree fell and died due to intense heat. The doctor said that he might have died of heat stroke. His family said that he died after falling down from the top of a tree in the heat around 10 am yesterday. The name of that tree. Amjad Hussain Sheikh (57). He is the son of deceased Azhar Ali Sheikh of Bhattapratap village of Sadar Upazila.
A college teacher named Rajab Ali (55) died of heatstroke in Kushtia’s Kumarkhali, family members claimed. He felt sick after returning home from college on Sunday afternoon. He was taken to Kumarkhali Upazila Health Complex. As the condition did not improve, he was admitted to a private hospital in Dhaka. He died there at 10:30 pm.
