Weather during the period may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere in the country, the BMD said.

It’s a sigh of relief for Bangladesh.

Mocha is expected to intensify into a severe cyclone by midnight and further strengthen into a very severe cyclone tomorrow

The Met office says it hasn't seen such erratic pattern of monsoon, which has caused about 40 percent more rainfall this year than the average recorded over the last 10 years. 'Climatic change has caused a spike in variability,' says a top weather expert.