Authorities have raised the danger signal to its highest level.
Authorities have raised the danger signal to its highest level, as well as triggering an evacuation order for those in vulnerable areas.Bangladesh - Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis left their coastal villages on May 26 for concrete storm shelters further inland as the low-lying nation prepared for the expected landfall of an intense cyclone, officials said.
“The cyclone could unleash a storm surge of up to 12 feet above normal astronomical tide, which can be dangerous,” senior weather official Muhammad Abul Kalam Mallik told AFP. The state-run Bangladesh Meteorological Department said Cyclone Remal would make landfall on May 26 between 6pm and midnight .
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