Announcement for preparation for Fani along the Digha coast in India. 2, as cyclone Fani tracking over the Bay of Bengal has turned “extremely severe”. Maximum sustained wind speed may be 175 to 185kmph gusting to 205kmph when the storm is likely to cross the coast, according to India Meteorological Department. It will be “disastrous” if Fani changes course and strikes Bangladesh directly, Shamsuddin Ahmed, a director at Bangladesh Meteorological Department, says. Bangladesh may raise the warning to danger signal on Thursday afternoon if Fani continues to advance towards north, the meteorologist said.

Source: bd News24 May 01, 2019 22:39 UTC