Severe Cyclonic Storm “Remal” crossed the southern port of Mongla in Bangladesh and the adjoining Sagar Islands in India’s West Bengal late Sunday (LT), May 26, 2024.
The governments of India and Bangladesh evacuated more than 1.1 million people ahead of the landfall, with over 1 million evacuated in Bangladesh and 110 000 in West Bengal. Evacuations in West Bengal focused on South 24 Parganas, particularly Sagar Island, Sundarbans, and Kakdwip.Remal made landfall with winds reaching approximately 135 km/h (84 mph) at around 20:30 LT, with the process lasting about five hours before weakening into a cyclone on Monday morning.
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