Published on 10:33 AM, April 01, 2015

Nor’wester beats down heat in Dhaka

The sky is seen covered with black clouds when a nor’wester hit Dhaka city Wednesday morning. The photo is taken at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital. Photo: Abida R Chowdhury
Star Online Report
City dwellers experience a nor’wester with thunderstorms and torrential rain on Wednesday. This Video was taken from Kataban in Dhaka by M Abul Kalam Azad.

A nor’wester hit Dhaka this morning triggering a thunderstorm accompanied with a sudden torrential downpour that beat down the heat in the city ahead of summer.

Busy city traffic amid the downpour triggered by a nor’wester. The photo was taken by Johora Bebe on the Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue near Karwan Bazar on Wednesday morning.
The nor’wester, Kalboishakhi, a storm that is natural to this season, struck Dhaka city around 9:45am and the downpour followed soon afterwards, an official of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said when contacted.
Severe traffic congestion is triggered by a nor’wester at Moghbazar in Dhaka Wednesday morning. Photo: Asmaul Housna
A sudden downpour from this morning's nor’wester stops people along with vehicles on Mirpur raod at Shamoli in Dhaka. Photo: Zaid Bin Kalam
“This phenomenon is natural and customary to the period between March and May,” he said.

Though the rain would come as a relief to the heat that has been persisting for the last few days, it caused traffic congestions through many key points in the city.

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