Cyclone Remal Alert! How India, Bangladesh are bracing for the year's first cyclone? Explained
Bangladesh Meteorological Department elevated its storm danger signal to the maximum level of 10 for two ports and nine coastal districts in the South Asian country, issuing warnings via loudspeakers.Also Read | Live updates on Cyclone Remal in India and BangladeshThe coastal regions of these South Asian neighbours have faced numerous severe storms in recent years. In 2021, Cyclone Yaas rendered over 50,000 people homeless and resulted in at least one fatality.
State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Mohibbur Rahman told Reuters that Bangladesh has set up around 8,000 cyclone shelters and mobilised 78,000 volunteers. "We are maintaining regular communication with the regional specialized meteorological centre in India," he said.On the other hand, India has mobilized its disaster relief force in the eastern state of West Bengal, where flights have been suspended in the major metropolitan city of Kolkata.
Moderate rainfall has already begun in parts of West Bengal, prompting the government to cancel leave for employees in essential services, the official said. "In Kolkata, conditions were overcast, but life was normal," Somnath Dutta, head of the weather forecast section in the regional meteorological centre in Kolkata, told Reuters.As Cyclone Remal is expected to hit West Bengal today, the Met department issued a severe warning in the northeastern region.
Apart from extremely heavy rainfall in coastal regions of Bangladesh and West Bengal, it will also have an effect in Tripura and some other parts of northeastern states“Deep Depression intensified into a Cyclonic Storm 'Remal' over North and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal," said the Regional Meteorological Department of Andhra Pradesh. “It is very likely
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