Cyclone 'Bulbul' hits Sundarbans

The very severe cyclonic storm, ‘Bulbul’, hit the West Bengal-Khulna coast near the Sundarbans on Saturday midnight.

A special bulletin of the Met office said the cyclone moved northwestwards at a speed of about 8 kph and it laid over the northwest bay and adjoining coastal areas of Gangetic West Bengal and southwestern part of Bangladesh.
 
It  moved in a northeasterly direction further, weakened gradually and completed crossing the West Bengal-Khulna coast early Sunday.
 
The maximum sustained wind speed within 64 kms of the severe centre is about 100 kph rising to 120 kph in gusts/squalls. Sea has remained very high near the severe cyclone centre.

Khulna/Nuruzzaman/Mukul