Cyclone kills two as Bangladesh, India evacuate two million 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseCyclone Bulbul hit India and southern Bangladesh on Saturday, leaving two dead as authorities in the countries ordered more than two million people to get out of the path of the storm. Airports and ports were shut down and the deaths were reported before the full force of the cyclone had hit. Bangladesh disaster management secretary Shah Kamal told AFP that “2.028 million” have been evacuated and moved to more than 5,500 cyclone shelters. He said there was no reports of casualties and rejected reports in local media that dozens of local fishermen were missing on the southern coast.

Source: Manila Bulletin November 09, 2019 23:56 UTC