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More than 50 people have died in India and Bangladesh after Tropical Cyclone Remal lashed the area with torrential rain and heavy winds, according to local officials. ... has been hit hardest with ...
29–30 April 1991: The 1991 Bangladesh cyclone hit Bangladesh late 29 April night. The storm originated in the Indian Ocean and reached the Bay of Bengal coast after 20 days. The diameter of the storm was close to 600 km. The maximum wind speed (observed at Sandwip) reached 225 km/h.
Cyclone Mocha has hit the coastlines of Bangladesh and Myanmar, bringing winds of up to 130mph. Footage shared by Abdusattor Esoev, UN Migration's Chief of Mission in Bangladesh, shows disaster ...
Bangladesh evacuated nearly 800,000 people from vulnerable areas on Sunday as the country and neighboring India awaited the arrival of a severe cyclone that has formed over the Bay of Bengal. The ...
The cyclone made landfall on West Bengal and Bangladesh's Sundarban Delta, just near the border at 8:30 pm on Sunday, 26 May as a severe cyclonic storm. The storm's sustained winds were 100 to 135 kilometres per hour (60 to 85 mph) during landfall in the coastal area. [b] [7] Remal killed at least 85 people including 65 in India and 20 in ...
Near the border of Aceh and North Sumatra, a landslide struck a bus with eight people in it and sent it into the nearby Laekombi Lake. Three bodies were recovered 5 km (3.1 mi) away from where the accident took place while the other five remained missing. [28] Heavy rains from the cyclone's outer bands caused significant flooding in Sri Lanka.
The weakening tropical storm Remal flooded dozens of coastal villages and left nearly 30 million people without power Monday in southern Bangladesh and eastern India. At least 10 people died in ...
The 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone was one of the deadliest tropical cyclones in recorded history. [1] It was also one of the most powerful cyclones in the Indian Ocean.Forming out of a large area of convection over the Bay of Bengal on April 24, the tropical cyclone initially developed gradually while meandering over the southern Bay of Bengal.