The cyclone was centred about 1,065 km southwest of Chattogram port, 1,025 km southwest of Cox's Bazar port, 915 km southwest of Mongla port and 925 km southwest of Payra seaport, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said in its latest special bulletin on Thursday. Bhola, Borguna, Patuakhali, Barishal, Pirojpur, Jhalokathi, Bagerhat, Khulna, Satkhira and their offshore islands and chars will come under danger signal No. Chattogram, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Feni, Chandpur and their offshore islands and chars will come under danger signal No. Cyclone Fani is heading towards the Orissa with wind speeds in excess of 200 kmph, and is expected to make landfall on Friday, according to Indian media. The south coast of Orissa state was also expected to get heavy to very heavy rainfall on Thursday.

Source: bd News24 May 02, 2019 04:41 UTC