• Cyclone Remal may make landfall anytime between evening and midnight
  • Its' speed may be 110 to 120 kmph when it reaches land. Maximum speed may rise to 130 kmph.
  • BMD has asked Mongla and Payra ports to hoist great danger signal No. 10.
  • Low-lying areas of the coastal districts likely to be inundated by 08-12 feet surge
  • Due to very heavy rainfall, landslides may occur in Cox's Bazar, Chattogram and hill districts

Cyclonic storm Remal over northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining area has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm.


04:07pm, May 26

Photo: Reuters People take shelter at a cyclone shelter before Cyclone Remal hits the country in the Shyamnagar area of Satkhira today.

Over 8 lakh people evacuated to shelters

Over 8 lakh people have so far been evacuated to shelters as cyclone Remal is approaching the Bangladesh coast, said State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Mohibur Rahman.

He urged the people of 16 coastal districts to go to cyclone centres immediately for their safety.

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04:02pm, May 26

An inside view of the two-tube Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under the Karnaphuli river in Chattogram. Photo: Naimur Rahman

Bangabandhu Tunnel to be shut for 12 hours

Bangabandhu Tunnel will remain closed from this evening to Monday morning as Cyclone Remal is expected to make land fall in the coming hours.

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3.54pm, May 26

Photo: Titu Das

Remal likely to make landfall between 6pm and 10pm

The severe cyclonic storm Remal is expected to make landfall between West Bengal's Sagar Island and the Khepupara coast near Mongla between 6:00pm and 10:00pm, according to the latest weather bulletin from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

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