Tidal surge

Photo: UNB
Environment

Met Office warns of tidal surges in coastal areas, hoists signal no 3

Due to the influence of the new moon phase and a depression, low-lying areas in these districts and their adjoining offshore islands and chars may be inundated by wind-driven tidal surges of 1–3...

Dead livestock float along the flooded banks of the Meghna River in Lakshmipur district on 30 May 2025, following heavy tidal surges caused by a low-pressure in the Bay of Bengal. Photo: Sana Ullah Sanu/TBS
Bangladesh

Dozens of livestock carcasses float in Meghna River in Lakshmipur after tidal surge

Powerful tidal surges from the Meghna River flooded more than 100 villages in four coastal upazilas of Lakshmipur on 29 May 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Meghna tidal surge floods over 100 villages as incessant daylong rain batters Lakshmipur

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Tidal surges inundate low-lying areas in Khulna, embankment collapses 

File Photo of rising waves during a storm. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Environment

Maritime ports advised to hoist signal no 4

With roads and homesteads still under water, people in Satkhira, hit hard by the cyclonic storm Amphan, seem fated to suffer for many more days to come as there is hardly any initiative for their rehabilitation. The photo was taken recently. TBS Photo
Districts

Tidal surges damage embankments, roads in Satkhira