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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 ...
The storm produced heavy rainfall in southeastern Bangladesh. [10] Seven people were killed by landslides in Cox's Bazar District.. [10] Rainfall flooded some 200 villages in Cox's Bazar Sadar. Six other upazilas remained flooded. In Ukhia Upazila, flooding affected over 50,000 people across 40 villages. Among them were the Haldia Palong and ...
The Mizoram government expected that the cyclone could cause landslides and floods, so warnings were issued which advised residents to take precautions and preventive measures. The Indian Navy's Eastern fleet had was put on high alert to extend aid into Bangladesh. [18]
Bangladesh(Rangamati, Chittagong and Bandarban),Northeast India Part of the 2017 North Indian Ocean cyclone season On 12 June 2017, heavy monsoon rain triggered a series of landslides and floods in Rangamati , Chittagong and Bandarban - three hilly districts of Bangladesh - and killed at least 152 people.
Bangladesh, being situated on the Brahmaputra River Delta (also known as the Ganges Delta) is a land of many rivers, and as a result, is very prone to flooding. Due to being part of such a basin and being less than 5 meters above mean sea level, Bangladesh faces the cumulative effects of floods due to water flashing from nearby hills, the accumulation of the inflow of water from upstream ...
Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing at least 11 people in the last 36 hours in Nepal and blocking key highways and roads, officials said on Sunday. Eight people were missing ...
Heavy rains battered Bangladesh beginning in early July, with the monthly rainfall in Cox's Bazar reaching 585 mm (23.0 in) by July 14. [1] Hundreds of makeshift tents collapsed in the Kutupalong and Nayapara refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. At least two children drowned in floods and 40,000 families were affected in the camps.
Violence between groups of men broke out in east London on Thursday night and police said the unrest was linked to protests in Bangladesh. Police intervened to separate two large groups fighting ...