Cyclone Remal Updates : Cyclone Remal, which arose from the Bay of Bengal, hit the coastal areas of Bengal and Bangladesh on Sunday night. This caused a lot of panic in Bangladesh, an alert has been issued in India till May 28. More than 8 lakh people have been evacuated from coastal areas in Bangladesh to safer places. There is a possibility of huge devastation due to this. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning regarding this. People have been asked to remain alert. The storm has affected the northeastern region and Bangladesh. The IMD has appealed to the people to remain alert till May 28. At the same time, landfalls are continuing in the coastal areas since the storm hit. 14 teams of NDRF have been deployed in South Bengal. Know 10 big updates about Cyclone Remal.
- –Cyclone Remal, which arose from the Bay of Bengal, hit the coastal areas of Bengal and Bangladesh at around 8:30 pm on Sunday night. The cyclone made landfall from the Bay of Bengal towards the south-western coastal area of Bangladesh and Sagardwip of Bengal.
- – 8 lakh people have been evacuated from the south-west coastal areas of Bangladesh and taken to safer places. 1.10 lakh people have also been evacuated from Sagardwip, Kakdwip and Sundarban areas of South 24 Parganas district of Bengal.
- –An alert has already been issued in Bengal and Odisha regarding the cyclone. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a review meeting on Sunday to review the preparations to deal with the cyclone.
- –The effect of Ramal will be seen in Bihar as well. There are chances of rain in half a dozen districts of Bihar. Wind will blow at a speed of 30 to 40 km. Due to Ramal, many flights from Kolkata to Patna have been cancelled. Flight from Deoghar to Patna has also been cancelled.
- -It is raining with strong winds in Sundarbans of South 24 Parganas of West Bengal. At the same time, continuous rain is also continuing in many parts of Kolkata city. Strong winds are blowing during this time. Many trees have been uprooted.
- – One person has died in Kolkata due to the collapse of the boundary wall of the old building due to cyclonic storm Remal. The Meteorological Department said that the effect of the storm will last for the next 4 days. Heavy rain is expected in North Bengal districts Cooch Behar, Alipurdurwar and Jalpaiguri on 28-29 May. At the same time, heavy rain may also occur in Darjeeling, Kalimpong, North and South Dinajpur districts.
- -Red alert is also issued in Assam, Orange alert has been issued for Dhubri, South Salmara, Bongaigaon, Bajali, Tamulpur, Barpeta, Nalbari, Morigaon, Nagaon, Hojai and West Karbi Anglong districts. At the same time, red alert for heavy rain has been issued in Chirang, Goalpara, Baksa, Dima Hasao, Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj districts.
- -According to IMD, Cyclone Remal will move almost northwards for some time and then move towards north-east. By Monday morning, the cyclone will gradually weaken and turn into a cyclonic storm.
- -Due to cyclone Remal, there is heavy rain in Kolkata. Keeping this in mind, Kolkata Police has issued helpline numbers: 9432610428, 9432610429
- -Due to heavy rain and strong wind in West Bengal, a tree fell near Sagar Bypass Road. The NDRF team has reached the spot and started the work of removing the tree from the road.