Low-lying coastal areas could be inundated

UNB :
Low-lying areas of Bangladesh’s coastal districts and their offshore islands and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind-driven surge, at the height of 2-3 feet above normal astronomical tide, under the influence of a full moon and steep pressure gradient.

The monsoon deep depression over Khulna and adjoining areas of Bangladesh moved west-northward and weakened into a land depression. It now lies over India’s West Bengal-Bihar and adjoining areas, said a Bangladesh Meteorological Department bulletin on Wednesday.

It is likely to move in a west-northwesterly direction further and weaken gradually.

Under its influence, a steep pressure gradient persists over the north Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh.