All fishing boats, trawlers asked to approach coast as Cyclone Remal brews in Bay

Cyclone Remal to hit May 25

All fishing boats and trawlers in the northern Bay of Bengal and the deep sea were instructed to return to the coast and avoid venturing into the deep sea until further notice. The low-pressure area over the southwestern Bay of Bengal has intensified into a well-marked low-pressure area and is likely to develop further into a cyclonic storm, said a notice by the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (23 May). Yesterday, the BMD forecast a low-pressure system forming over the bay intensifying into "Cyclone Remal". Mostofa Kamal Palash, a PhD researcher in meteorology and climate, said, "Cyclone Remal centre will likely make direct landfall over the Barishal division, with its left side over the Khulna division and right side over the Chattogram division.