'Remal' wreaks havoc from Bengal to Bangladesh, heavy rains, people without electricity, 1 dead...

Cyclone Remal News: Cyclone Remal is wreaking havoc from Bangladesh to West Bengal. The cyclonic storm has wreaked havoc. Due to the storm, there is heavy rain from the coastal areas of Bangladesh to West Bengal, strong winds are blowing due to which trees are uprooted, kutcha houses are destroyed and there is no electricity in the areas due to fallen electric wires. Is.

Police said that due to the storm, there was heavy rain and strong winds in Kolkata, during which one person died after a piece of concrete fell on him. According to the Meteorological Department, the Remal storm crossed the coastal areas of Mongla Port of Bangladesh and Sagar Islands of West Bengal state of India at a speed of 135 km per hour (about 84 mph).

Havoc of storm

The Meteorological Department said that the storm will gradually move towards the north-east on Monday morning. The roofs of kutcha houses were blown away, and mud houses were damaged from Bangladesh to West Bengal. While one person died due to the storm, lakhs of people are forced to live without electricity. There is darkness in the areas due to fallen electric wires.

People were shifted

This is not the first time that West Bengal and neighboring country Bangladesh are facing a cyclonic storm together. Even before this, Bangladesh and India have faced dangerous storms. Bangladesh made preparations ahead of the cyclone's landfall on Sunday morning and sent about 8 lakh people from Mongla and Chittagong ports and nine coastal districts to shelters to protect them from the storm. In India too, 1 lakh people were sent to shelters.

What preparations did the country make?

Already 8 thousand shelters were built in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka to avoid the disaster of cyclone. Also, in India, the Navy has kept ships, aircraft and medical aid ready to protect against the cyclone. Due to the cyclone, there was heavy rain in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, due to which the roads were flooded. Heavy rain was also seen in Alipur and other places in West Bengal. Roads were filled with water and trees were uprooted, the NDRF team is busy removing them.