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Patuakhali, Bangladesh: An intense cyclone smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh on Sunday, with nearly a million people fleeing inland for concrete storm shelters away from howling gales...

Forecasters predicted gusts of up to 130 kilometers (81 miles) per hour, with heavy rain and winds also lashing India

Cyclone Remal is set to hit the southern coast and parts of India on Sunday evening

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Cyclones have killed hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh in recent decades, but the number of superstorms hitting its densely populated coast has increased sharply -- from one a year to as many as three -- due to the impact of climate change.

Cyclones have killed hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh in recent decades | World News

"The cyclone could unleash a storm surge of up to 12 feet (four metres) above normal astronomical tide, which can be dangerous," senior weather official Muhammad Abul Kalam Mallik told AFP. Most of Bangladeshs coastal areas are a metre or two above sea level and high storm surges can devastate villages

Wind speeds up to 130km/h have been forecast.

PATUAKHALI: At least 800,000 Bangladeshis fled their coastal villages Sunday for concrete storm shelters further...

A severe cyclone smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh on Sunday, government weather experts said, with nearly a million people, including in neighbouring India, fleeing inland, away from howling gales.