'Remal' heading towards Bangladesh, may make landfall this evening
Staff Correspondent
Cyclone Remal is heading towards Bangladesh and may make landfall by anytime between Sunday evening and midnight.
At 9:00am, the cyclone was centred about 380 km southwest of Chattogram port, 340 km southwest of Cox's bazar port, 295 km south of Mongla port and 265 km south of Payra port, according to a bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Sunday.
Maximum sustained wind speed within 64 km of the severe cyclone centre is about 90 kph rising to 120 kph in gusts or squalls; sea will remain high near the severe cyclone centre.
BMD has asked Mongla and Payra ports to hoist great danger signal number 10. Meanwhile, Cox's Bazar and Chattogram seaports asked to hoist great danger signal number 9.
The coastal districts Khulna, Satkhira, Bagerhat, Pirojpur, Jhalakathi, Barguna, Bhola, and Patuakhali will be under great danger signal number 10.
And the coastal districts of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Feni, Cumilla, Noakhali, Lakshmipur, Chandpur and their islands and chars will come under great danger signal number 9.
