Adverse weather triggered by the depression continued to wreak havoc along the coast, especially in Cox’s Bazar, leaving six more people dead, at least 200 villages flooded and many fishermen missing.

At least eight fishing boats with 70 fishermen on board were reported missing as heavy rains continued for almost two days straight in Cox’s Bazar, easing slightly on Saturday afternoon.

The bodies of six fishermen washed ashore on Saturday. Four of them were identified as Md Jamal, 37, Nurul Amin, 40, Abdul Karim, 35, and Abdun Nur, 38. The identities of the other two could not be confirmed.

The latest deaths bring the number of fatalities related to the adverse weather to 12. The number is feared to rise.

Cox’s Bazar recorded the second-highest rainfall of 436 mm in a single day in the last 43 years, since 1981, between September 12 and 13. In the 54 hours up to 6 pm on Saturday, the district recorded 671 mm of rain, including 110 mm of rain in the last 24 hours.

Over the past two days, the region has recorded twice as much rainfall as the monthly average for September, which is 340.9 mm.

The residents of Cox’s Bazar were inundated with so much water that almost the entire area of ​​towns and villages in the area was flooded.

The situation in the town of Cox’s Bazar improved slightly on Saturday.

Six deaths on Friday were caused by landslides.

Around 10,000 people were still stranded on Saturday in low-lying areas of the district town, including Samitipara, Qutubdiapara, Fadnardale and Nuniachhara, said Akhtar Kamal, councillor of ward number 1 of the municipality.

About 50,000 people remain trapped in 40 villages in Ukhiya upazila, said Imrul Kayes Chowdhury, president of the Haldiapalang trade union.

Tanvir Hossain, a police officer in Ukhia, said on Saturday that they had approached the district administration with a request to send help to the affected people.

New Age’s Noakhali correspondent reported that 10 fishing boats capsized at Hatia on the Meghna River. Of the fishermen, 18 were rescued, but eight remained missing as of Saturday afternoon.

Despite the warning signal No. 3 issued for all four seaports, fishermen dared to enter the bay in their rather small fishing boats, which were eventually forced to return to shore due to bad weather.

The ships capsized while trying to return to shore.

Hatia police chief Md Moniruzzaman fears the death toll may rise.

The news agency United News of Bangladesh reported that incessant rainfall and thunderstorms over the past two days have paralysed normal life in Chandpur city.

Roads of the district town, especially Cumilla Road, Truck Road and Purana Bazar-Dokan Ghar Road, were flooded with water due to continuous rainfall.

The depression moved deeper into India on Saturday.

“There could be a significant decrease in rainfall tomorrow over coastal areas,” meteorologist Omar Faruque said on Saturday.

“Parts of central Bangladesh, including Dhaka, and the western region may experience rainfall until tomorrow,” he added.

Today till 10:00 AM in Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram districts heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected. Possibility of landslides in hilly regions of Chattogram is forecast.

In the 24 hours to 6pm on Saturday, Bangladesh’s highest maximum rainfall of 208mm was recorded at Kutubdia in Cox’s Bazar. Dhaka recorded 24mm during the same period. Three of the four weather stations in Barishal division recorded more than 100mm of rain.

The rain brought some temporary relief to residents of the capital Dhaka, where daytime temperatures dropped significantly, as did other parts of the country. The rain also briefly reduced air pollution in the capital.

Dhaka saw light rain and strong winds on Saturday, with little traffic as residents largely stayed at home over the weekend.

The drop in temperature led to a reduction in energy demand, providing temporary relief to the newly formed caretaker government.

The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre in a bulletin on Saturday afternoon said that the Halda and Sangu rivers were in spate. The centre said the rivers in Chattogram may swell in the next 24 hours, causing flooding in low-lying areas of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, Khagrachari, Feni, Comilla, Noakhali and Lakhsmipur districts.

Water levels in rivers in Dhaka, Barishal and Khulna districts may also rise, but there is no risk of this causing flooding.

BMD in a statement at 6:00 p.m. said the depression over southeastern Bangladesh and adjoining areas had intensified into a deep land depression and was moving west-northwest.