Cyclone Mora hit the Bangladesh

Dhaka, May 30: The storm moruma Tuesday struck heavy rains and rains in Bangladesh. More than 300,000 people have been evacuated in nearly 10,000 coastal districts. A severe storm occurred at Qutbuddhi near the Koks Bazaar fishing boat near the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. The Met office was expecting a four-to-five-feet high sea surge during the storm but it turned out to be lower as the cyclone made landfall during low tide.
The very warm waters of the Bay of Bengal caused a tropical low to develop into a depression on Sunday morning, which upgraded into a deep depression by the afternoon. The depression turned into a cyclonic storm by early Monday morning, and by evening the warning signal was upgraded to the highest level after it turned into a severe cyclonic storm -- equivalent to a strong tropical storm or Category 1 hurricane. The maximum sustained wind speed rose to 100 km per hour in gusts and squalls in some areas as the cyclone cut through the Cox's Bazar-Chittagong coast, said Shamsuddin Ahmed, director of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. Cox's Bazar district administration said some 538 shelters were ready to accommodate more than 500,000 people, reports bdnews24.
A total of 88 medical units, 6,010 local volunteers and 15,000 Red Crescent volunteers were on alert, while about 50,000 more volunteers were on standby in 19 coastal districts, according to Abu Syed Mohammad Hashim, director of the Disaster Management Department. he Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief has set up 24-hour control rooms. 18 crore people live in 19 coastal districts, 10 of whom live in areas where there is a high risk. Chittagong and Mongla have disrupted operations in the two main seaports of the country, and the river transport has been suspended across Bangladesh.