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Remal cyclone: Remal, which means sand in Arabic, was named by Oman. It is the first pre-monsoon cyclone in the Bay of Bengal this season and is expected to bring extremely heavy rainfall to Bengal and Bangladesh.

Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis left their coastal villages Sunday for concrete storm shelters further inland as the low-lying nation prepared for the expected landfall of an intense cyclone, officials said. "Our plan is to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people from unsafe and vulnerable homes to the cyclone shelters," the governments disaster management secretary Kamrul Hasan told AFP. The authorities have mobilised tens of thousands of volunteers to alert people to the danger.

Bdesh launches massive evacuation as cyclone Remal approaches from Bay of Bengal | World News

On Sunday, Bangladesh intensified its evacuation efforts in vulnerable areas in anticipation of the severe cyclonic storm Remal, which is expected to make landfall by evening or midnight. The storm is forecasted to bring a significant tidal surge and heavy rainfall to the coastal districts of Satkhira and Coxs Bazar.

Around 4,000 cyclone shelter centres have been readied in the coastal districts, equipped with adequate dry food supplies.

FORECAST: Scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms; stronger storms possible on Monday.

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'Remal' is likely to move in a northerly direction and may cross Sagar island of West Bengal-Khepupara coast near Mongla by evening or midnight. Bangladesh on...

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Dhaka: Over 800,000 people from vulnerable areas have been evacuated to shelters on Sunday as Bangladesh prepares for severe cyclonic storm 'Remal'