A cyclone has flooded villages and left hundreds of thousands of people without power after making landfall overnight along the coasts of Bangladesh and India’s West Bengal state.
Vendors run to salvage their belongings as strong winds caused by the advancing Cyclone Remal hit the Kuakata beach on the coast of Bay of Bengal in Barisal, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 26, 2024. – A cyclone flooded coastal villages and left hundreds of thousands of people without power Monday after making landfall overnight along India's West Bengal state and Bangladesh, where nearly 800,000 residents had evacuated.
Moderate to heavy rainfall had been forecast in coastal districts in India’s West Bengal state. A 1 meter storm surge was expected to flood low-lying coastal areas. On Sunday, Bangladesh evacuated nearly 800,000 people from vulnerable areas. Bangladesh’s junior minister for disaster management and relief, Mohibur Rahman, said volunteers have been deployed to move the evacuees to up to 9,000 cyclone shelters. The government also closed all schools in the region until further notice.
Bangladesh also suspended loading and unloading in the country’s largest main seaport in Chittagong and moved more than a dozen ships from jetties to the deep sea as a precaution.
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