May 26, 2024
India and Bangladesh are preparing for the first cyclone of the year
Bangladesh and India are bracing Sunday for Cyclone Remal, the first of the year, as the storm with winds of up to 120 kmh (75 mph) is set to make landfall overnight, India’s meteorological department said. Bangladesh’s weather service raised its storm warning to 10, the highest level, for two ports and nine coastal areas, announcing warnings over loudspeakers and beginning to evacuate people from coastal areas. “Almost 60,000 people have been moved to shelters since morning,” Mijanur Rahman, head of Bangladesh’s disaster management team, told Reuters. The low-lying coasts of Bangladesh and India, two neighboring South Asian countries, have


