Thousands of people who took shelter at different cyclone centres, have started returning home after Cyclone Mahasen swept across the country on Thursday. Although life is getting back to normal in the coastal areas, many people do not know where to go as the cyclone has rendered them homeless. The devastating cyclone has damaged crops ... Read more
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36 killed in cyclone Mahasen in Country
Cyclone Mahasen on Thursday struck a mild blow to the coastal region in the south-east and south western parts of the country, weakened and crossed over to Myanmar. In sporadic incidents of house collapse, falling trees and boat capsize, upto 36 people were killed. Twentyone of them alone were killed in boat capsize in Teknaf
People rush to cyclone shelters
Thousands of people in Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar have started rushing to safe shelters as Cyclone Mahasen approached the coastal areas of the two districts on Wednesday afternoon. Danger signal No. 7 was hoisted in the afternoon. People living in the coastal areas of Sitakunda, Mirasarai, Anwara and Banshkhali upazilas and 11 wards of the ... Read more
Mahasen poised to hit coast today
Tropical Cyclone ‘Mahasen’ was moving fast towards Bangladesh and poised to hit coastline in the south-eastern part of the country in the early hours of Thursday. Bangladesh Meteorological Office said the Cyclone Mahasen is likely to pound the coastal region of south-eastern Bangladesh at a speed of 90 to 100 kilometers per hour affecting the ... Read more
Control rooms setup
Chittagong district administration and Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) have opened separate control rooms in the port city to respond to any emergency call before and after the cyclone ‘Mahasen’. The Chittagong district administration has opened the control room in Deputy Commissioner’s office at the city’s Court Building. The control room’s phone number of Chittagong
Storm closing in on Ctg, C’Bazar coasts
The government has already made all preparations and has taken precautionary measures to face Cyclone ‘Mahasen’, which is likely to hit the south-eastern coast of Bangladesh on Wednesday night, announced disaster management and relief minister Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali on Tuesday. “At least 50,000 trained volunteers have been kept ready
Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar bracing for Cyclone Mahasen
The maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Mongla have been advised to hoist local warning Signal No. 4 (Four), replacing the local cautionary Signal No. 3 (Three), as the cyclonic storm ‘Mahasen’ is approaching the Bangladesh coast. All fishing boats, trawlers and marine vessels over the North
Cyclone ‘Mahasen’ may hit Ctg; special measures taken
The port city of Chittagong and the sea city of Cox’s Bazaar have taken special measures to face the cyclone ‘Mahasen’. The Chittagong district administration held an emergency coordination meeting today (Sunday) for making the necessary preparations to avert human casualties and loss of properties if Cyclone ‘Mahasen’ hits Chittagong. Chittagong district deputy commissioner