Kuala Lumpur/Delhi/Dhaka, 25 May – Red Cross and Red Crescent teams are helping people stay safe in India and Bangladesh as a major cyclone threatens millions of people and devastating COVID-19 surges continue in both countries. While India has been facing record COVID death rates, the eastern Indian states of West Bengal and Odisha are bracing […]
India/Bangladesh: Millions threatened as cyclone spells double trouble
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Kuala Lumpur/Delhi/Dhaka, 25 May – Red Cross and Red Crescent teams are helping people stay safe in India and Bangladesh as a major cyclone threatens millions of people and devastating COVID-19 surges continue in both countries.
While India has been facing record COVID death rates, the eastern Indian states of West Bengal and Odisha are bracing for the very severe tropical Cyclone Yaas, the second major storm to hit the country in two weeks.
Udaya Regmi, South Asia head of Delegation, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said:
Read more about 75,000 volunteers on standby in B desh to tackle possible Yaas impact on Business Standard. More than 75,000 volunteers have been put on standby in Bangladesh to deal with the possible effects of Cyclone Yaas which is now developing over the east-central Bay of Bengal, officials said
B desh: 75K volunteers on standby to tackle possible Yaas impact
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Dhaka, May 24 : More than 75,000 volunteers have been put on standby in Bangladesh to deal with the possible effects of Cyclone Yaas which is now developing over the east-central Bay of Bengal, officials said.
The volunteers of the Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) of the Red Crescent Society of Bangladesh are on standby at 41 upazilas in 13 districts of coastal areas of the country.
CPP officials told IANS the volunteers have been kept standby to remove the inhabitants of risky coastal areas to the cyclone shelters within the shortest possible time.
Bangladesh: 75K Volunteers On Standby To Tackle Possible Yaas Impact
Bangladesh: 75K Volunteers On Standby To Tackle Possible Yaas Impact
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Bangladesh: 75K Volunteers On Standby To Tackle Possible Yaas Impact
Dhaka: More than 75,000 volunteers have been put on standby in Bangladesh to deal with the possible effects of Cyclone Yaas which is now developing over the east-central Bay of Bengal, officials said. More than 75,000 volunteers have been put on standby in Bangladesh to deal with the possible effects of Cyclone Yaas which is now developing over the east-central Bay of Bengal, officials said.
The volunteers of the Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) of the Red Crescent Society of Bangladesh are on standby at 41 upazilas in 13 districts of coastal areas of the country.