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Heat horror

11 die; mercury hits 43.4 degree Celsius; spell to continue for 5 more days

Star Report
At least 11 people died from heatstroke and more than 100 others fell sick across the country yesterday due to blistering heat.
Four each died in Pabna and Manikganj, two in Bagerhat, and one in Satkhira districts.
Three persons died soon after they were brought to Manikganj Sadar Hospital, according the hospital sources.
Some 63 patients including 23 women suffering from heat-stroke came to the Pabna General Hospital yesterday for treatment in critical conditions, hospital sources said.
Meanwhile, 20 workers of a tobacco factory were admitted to the hospital yesterday as they fell sick at work. Other health complexes in the
district also admitted an unspecified number of heat-stroke patients.
Our special correspondent adds: Yesterday was so far the hottest day of the season with the mercury hitting 43.4 degree Celsius at Satkhira.
The country's highest ever temperature of 45.1 degree Celsius was recorded at Rajshahi on May 18, 1972.
Meanwhile, the Dhaka city recorded its highest temperature of 35.3 degree Celsius yesterday.
The hot and humid day kept many people indoors in the capital yesterday. Rickshaw-pullers particularly found it difficult to be on the street.
Despite a forecast of heavy rain fall, there was no sign of it. The people's miseries were accentuated by frequent power outages in Dhaka city, contributing further to a shortage of water.
BSS adds: The heat wave currently sweeping the country is likely to continue for another four to five days, as the amount of rainfall would not increase before May 24, Met office sources said yesterday.
A Met official said that during the last two days there was occasional relief because of gusty wind following rainfall in the Chittagong division.
He, however, said the people would not get complete respite from the heat before the setting of monsoon in the first week of June.
The official pointed out that the less amount of rainfall amid low flow southern breeze was causing the increase in the heat.
Moreover, he said people were feeling the scorching heat as they were in a cooler weather during March and April when the rainfall was higher and the sky remained cloudy.
He said the wind activity in the southern hemisphere prompted the increased rainfall in the country during the month of March and April and kept the temperature much cooler.
The Met office while forecasting weather for the next 24 hours said light to moderate rain or thunder shower accompanied by gusty or squally wind is likely to occur in a few places over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and in one of two places over Barisal and Khulna divisions. Day temperature may remain nearly unchanged across the country.
It also forecast no appreciable change in the weather during the next 72 hours.