60kmph storm, rain may sweep country tonight: BMD warns
The Met office issued warning signal-1 for all the river ports in the said areas due to the forecasted storm.
A storm with wind speed of 40-60 kilometres per hour (kmph) may sweep across the country in the next eight hours till 1:00am Wednesday (22 May).
The storm is expected to sweep over Pabna, Tangail, Mymensingh, Barishal, Patuakhali, Noakhali, Cumilla, Chattogram, and Sylhet from the western/north-western regions between 3:00pm Tuesday to 1:00am Wednesday, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said in a statement.
Rain or thunder showers with gusty winds may also hit the regions during the period.
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The met office had initially asked all river ports in the said areas to hoist danger signal-1 to this end. But in a statement issued later on the day, it said there was no need to hoist the signal.
"There is no inland riverport warning and no signal is to be hoisted," said the notice given at 5:30 pm.
