After heavy rainfall causing severe hardship for city residents in the morning, the sky cleared and heat intensified later in the day.

At the time of writing this report, around 9:30 am, the temperature in the capital had risen by 4 degrees Celsius within just one hour.

The Meteorological Department said there remains a possibility of more rain later this afternoon or evening.

According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, Dhaka received 59 millimetres of rainfall between 3:00 am on Saturday night and 9:00 am today, Sunday.

Meteorologist AK Nazmul Islam told Prothom Alo on Sunday, “This is a significant amount of rainfall for the capital.”

Rainfall measuring between 44 and 88 millimetres is classified as heavy rainfall. Amounts exceeding that threshold are considered very heavy rainfall.