, Aug. 31 -- In three and half months since the third week of May, rough weather events, including heavy rains, squalls and high tides, prompted Bangladesh Meteorological Department to issue a marine cautionary signal 13 times.

Back-to-back low pressures together with strong monsoon triggered the rough weather events, leading to frequent announcements of cautionary signal number three, with its direct and indirect consequences felt across Bangladesh.

The direct consequences saw string waves and tides lashing Bangladesh's coast, rivers rapidly swelling and frequently crossing their danger marks and heavy rains abruptly disrupting life and business.

Well-off city dwellers mostly felt the rough weather consequences indirectly, in the high...