Ongoing biting cold gripped Sreemangal of Moulvibazar as the lowest temperature in the country this season was recorded at 5.6 degrees Celsius in the upazila in the 24 hours to Friday morning.
The lowest temperature in Sreemangal was recorded at 2.8 degrees Celsius on February 4 in 1968, Mujibur Rahman, said, an officer at the Srimangal weather monitoring station, reports UNB.
Severe cold with frosty winds and the dense fog is disrupting daily life in Sreemangal. The low-income people who get by working every day are being hit hardest.
Many were seen making fires along the roadsides to keep warm. Most people are staying home unless there is an emergency.
Moulvibazar Civil Surgeon Dr Chowdhury Jalal Uddin Murrshed said the number of diarrhoea and pneumonia patients – mostly children and elderly – is increasing in the hospitals due to bone-chilling cold wave.
Meanwhile, a mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping the Rangpur division, Faridpur, Madaripur, Gopalganj, Rajshahi, Pabna, Naogaon, Sirajganj, Sreemangal, Rangamati, Cumilla, Feni, Brahmanbaria, Jashore, Chuadanga, Kushtia, Barishal, and Bhola and it may continue further, said the Met office.
Temperature between 8 to 10 degrees Celsius is considered a mild cold wave, 6 to 8 degrees Celsius a moderate cold wave and less than 6 degrees Celsius a severe cold wave.
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