One lakh twenty thousand metric tonnes of mango, which amounts to ten percent of the country’s annual production, was damaged in the gusty winds brought by the mighty Cyclone Amphan.
All types of operations including loading, unloading and delivery have resumed at Chittagong Port hours after cyclone Amphan hit the country’s coastal areas yesterday and eventually weakened into a land depression.
Around one crore consumers around the country have been out of electricity coverage, following the lashing of Cyclone Amphan.
The embankment of 35/1 polder of Water Development Board (WDB) in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat collapses in many places after being hit by super cyclone Amphan.
A total of nine people have been killed in seven districts of the country as super cyclone Amphan battered Bangladesh’s south-western part in the early hours of today morning.
Maritime ports of Mongla, Payra, Chattogramand Cox’s Bazar have been advised to lower local cautionary signal number to three as cyclone Amphan has weakened into a land depression, said a Met office bulletin.
Extremely severe cyclone Amphan has started crossing Bangladesh’s coastal districts, particularly the nearby areas of Sundarbans, with strong winds of over up to 180km per hour.
The Shipping Ministry has launched a control room to deal with various issues centering cyclone Amphan.
The government has evacuated about 24,08,819 people in coastal districts of the country as super cyclone “Amphan” is likely to make landfall in Bangladesh tonight.
Some 50 multipurpose shelters have been prepared, while 256 cyclone preparation programme volunteer units have provided early warning messages to the communities in the Rohingya camps as cyclone Amphan is unlikely to hit Cox's Bazar district.
A leader of a local Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) goes missing after a boat capsized in a canal in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali under the influence of super cyclone storm Amphan.
Amphan, one of the strongest cyclones formed in the Bay of Bengal, is likely to hit Bangladesh’s coast with the maximum storm surge of 15 feet height above normal astronomical tide.
Chattogram Port has been put on alert number 4 -- its highest security alert -- after the Meteorological Department issued danger signal number nine at the port due to super cyclone Amphan.
When Bangladesh is struggling to fight against the deadly coronavirus pandemic, another catastrophe is heading towards the country’s coastal areas in the form of super cyclone Amphan, bringing a double blow to the impoverished people as well as the economy of the nation.
The super cyclone Amphan is likely to make landfall in Bangladesh tomorrow afternoon.
District administration in Chattogram started evacuating people from five vulnerable upazilas since this morning to combat the strongest cyclone, Amphan, ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal.
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) has suspended ferry services on different routes due to super cyclone Amphan, which is likely to hit Bangladesh by Wednesday afternoon/evening.
Some 303 medical teams and 26,213 volunteers are ready in three coastal districts -- Khulna, Bagerhat and Satkhira -- to face any situation over super cyclone storm Amphan.
All the vessels anchored at different jetties of Chattogram port have been sent to the deep sea as safety measures ahead of approaching cyclone Amphan.