Cyclone Amphan nearly fills the Bay of Bengal
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Bangladesh Orders Evacuation of 2 Million People as Cyclone Amphan Approaches Coasts
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The local authorities were directed to move out at least 18 to 20 lakh people to safety as 13,078 cyclone shelters were readied while Amphan appeared to be proceeding towards the coastlines.
Bangladesh on Monday ordered evacuation of nearly two million people as cyclone storm Amphan approached towards its southern coasts, with officials fearing it to be a "very serious one."
"The district administration in 19 most vulnerable southwestern coastal districts have been asked to take all preparedness to save lives," Disaster Management Ministry Secretary Shah Kamal said.
Kamal said the local authorities were directed to move out at least 18 to 20 lakh people to safety as 13,078 cyclone shelters were readied while Amphan appeared to be proceeding towards the coastlines.
Meteorologists said Amphan was proceeding with a strength equivalent to a "Category 4 Atlantic hurricane or super typhoon" in the West Pacific.
Bangladesh's met office on Monday afternoon issued a "danger signal number 7" in a scale of 10 for regions under the purview of two of its southwestern seaports, Mongla and Payra.
Two other seaports of Chottogram and Cox's Bazar in the southeastern coasts were also advised to hoist danger signal number six.
Meteorologists said the powerful cyclone in the Bay of Bengal was heading directly for Bangladesh's coastlines bordering India, bringing with it the potential for major destruction and upheaval in both the countries.
Disaster management ministry officials said preparedness were ordered to launch a massive evacuation on Tuesday as the cyclone was likely to hit the coastlines by May 20 afternoon.
According to weather experts, even if the storm weakened ahead of its landfall, it could cause significant damage as there was also the potential for major storm surges, "perhaps even as high as 30 feet".
Reports from the coastal districts said volunteers and officials came out with megaphones asking people to get ready to move to safety and cyclone shelters maintaining physical distancing for coronavirus.
"The weather, however, remained hot in most of the southwestern region, which appeared to be a prelude to a major cyclone," said a journalist, who was in the southwestern coastal Khulna city.
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The local authorities were directed to move out at least 18 to 20 lakh people to safety as 13,078 cyclone shelters were readied while Amphan appeared to be proceeding towards the coastlines.
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Bangladesh on Monday ordered evacuation of nearly two million people as cyclone storm Amphan approached towards its southern coasts, with officials fearing it to be a "very serious one."
"The district administration in 19 most vulnerable southwestern coastal districts have been asked to take all preparedness to save lives," Disaster Management Ministry Secretary Shah Kamal said.
Kamal said the local authorities were directed to move out at least 18 to 20 lakh people to safety as 13,078 cyclone shelters were readied while Amphan appeared to be proceeding towards the coastlines.
Meteorologists said Amphan was proceeding with a strength equivalent to a "Category 4 Atlantic hurricane or super typhoon" in the West Pacific.
Bangladesh's met office on Monday afternoon issued a "danger signal number 7" in a scale of 10 for regions under the purview of two of its southwestern seaports, Mongla and Payra.
Two other seaports of Chottogram and Cox's Bazar in the southeastern coasts were also advised to hoist danger signal number six.
Meteorologists said the powerful cyclone in the Bay of Bengal was heading directly for Bangladesh's coastlines bordering India, bringing with it the potential for major destruction and upheaval in both the countries.
Disaster management ministry officials said preparedness were ordered to launch a massive evacuation on Tuesday as the cyclone was likely to hit the coastlines by May 20 afternoon.
According to weather experts, even if the storm weakened ahead of its landfall, it could cause significant damage as there was also the potential for major storm surges, "perhaps even as high as 30 feet".
Reports from the coastal districts said volunteers and officials came out with megaphones asking people to get ready to move to safety and cyclone shelters maintaining physical distancing for coronavirus.
"The weather, however, remained hot in most of the southwestern region, which appeared to be a prelude to a major cyclone," said a journalist, who was in the southwestern coastal Khulna city.
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Meh!! Cyclone/Depression-flood is "dal-vat" (regular normal thing) for us. Bangladesh saw far more deadliest cyclone than this "Amphan". I saw how scary the wind was during Sidr that a Bell 212 struggled so hard to fly at low altitude and i could clearly see the crew standing at the door. It was so chilly that i had to wear my winter dress. News channels are reporting that this one is as powerful as Sidr. Though it still doesn't look like anything close to Sidr as it's still sunny and hot in BD.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bangladesh_tropical_cyclones
Bidyanondo Foundation is doing excellent job in this matter by coordinating with army and navy.
Cox Bazar is not at major risk but Bhashan-Char is as more than 280 Rohingyas are sheltered there.
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there goes govt. half assed effort
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Well good luck to you then.. Well actually good luck to those Bangladeshi's actually live there and have to face the brunt of this.. And you do realize that prior to a major tropical storm it's usual to have hot and humid weather right ?
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Once the strongest storm on record in the Bay of Bengal, Cyclone Amphan poses deadly risks in a vulnerable part of the world.
Andrew Freedman and
Joanna Slater
May 19 at 11:00 AM
Category 3 Tropical Cyclone Amphan is plowing northward toward the mouth of the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday and is forecast to make landfall in West Bengal, India, just south of Kolkata, on Wednesday. The storm is prompting officials in the states of Odisha and West Bengal, as well as in neighboring Bangladesh, to try to evacuate 3 million people out of harm’s way, given that this region is among the most vulnerable parts of the world to storm-surge flooding.
Both India and Bangladesh have made great strides in recent years with evacuations and bringing vulnerable residents to storm shelters, but this year those efforts are complicated by the coronavirus pandemic, which is making many residents fearful of going to confined spaces.
The storm had been a Category 5 monster on Monday, setting a record for the strongest such storm on record in that part of the world, but even nature’s most intense storms are surprisingly delicate. Strong winds carrying relatively dry air surrounding the storm have slipped into the core of Amphan (pronounced “UM-PHUN”), disrupting the inner ring of thunderstorms known as the eyewall, which contains the storm’s strongest winds and heaviest rains.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/resi...aws.com/public/TLFVVDUUWNDTHCHAJVT5FCHJ5Y.gif
[India and Bangladesh prepare for monster cyclone as pandemic rages]
Since Monday night, the eyewall has been open on the eastern side, reflecting the influence of the wind shear and dry air. For the storm to intensify, the eyewall needs to be completely closed.
The forecast calls for the storm to continue to weaken slightly in terms of its wind speeds and to make landfall as a Category 1 or 2 storm. However, because Cyclone Amphan was once a “super cyclonic storm” at the pinnacle of storm intensity, it is pushing water toward shore that is more consistent with a much stronger storm.
This phenomenon of a weakened storm in terms of wind speeds bringing a storm surge commensurate with a more powerful weather system has played out in the United States. Hurricane Katrina, for example, struck the Gulf Coast in 2005 as a Category 3 storm, but its surge was more in line with a Category 5 storm, since it had previously achieved Category 5 status. The storm surge is the storm-driven rise in water above normally dry land.
via Twitter. It also jumped in intensity from a Category 1 storm to a Category 5 monster in just 24 hours, according to Bob Henson of Weather Underground.
[The strongest, most dangerous hurricanes are now far more likely due to climate change, study shows]
Rapidly intensifying storms constitute one of the impacts that scientists have seen from human-caused global warming, with studies pointing increasingly to the dangers posed by storms that make a sudden leap in intensity categories.
Globally, the odds of the strongest tropical cyclones, such as Category 3, 4 and 5 storms, are increasing due to climate change, according to a study published Monday. However, that study did not find clear trends in the North Indian Ocean Basin.
Evacuation efforts collide with the coronavirus pandemic
two coronavirus cases were reported in the camps last week. International aid groups are preparing emergency supplies of food, tarpaulins and water purification tablets.
[Because of climate change, hurricanes are raining harder and may be growing stronger more quickly]
In the Satkhira district of Bangladesh, which is expected to bear the brunt of the cyclone, officials started using loudspeakers to tell people to evacuate on Monday.
On Tuesday, they began going door-to-door to urge them to move to shelters.
Unlike in prior cyclones, authorities are also using schools and mosques with more than one floor as shelters, said Bhabtosh Kumar Mandal, a local official in the Bangladeshi village of Buri Goalini. The goal is to avoid crowds, he said. People have been asked to arrive at shelters with masks, Mandal added. He was racing to collect even more masks to distribute before the cyclone hit.
India recorded over 5,000 coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period ending Monday, the most in a single day, and is nearing the 100,000 mark overall. Ganjam, a coastal district in the state of Odisha, has seen a surge in cases as migrant workers returning home due to an extended lockdown have tested positive. Its neighboring state, West Bengal, saw the highest rise in its virus death toll in early May.
Joanna Slater and Niha Masih reported from New Delhi.
Andrew Freedman and
Joanna Slater
May 19 at 11:00 AM
Category 3 Tropical Cyclone Amphan is plowing northward toward the mouth of the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday and is forecast to make landfall in West Bengal, India, just south of Kolkata, on Wednesday. The storm is prompting officials in the states of Odisha and West Bengal, as well as in neighboring Bangladesh, to try to evacuate 3 million people out of harm’s way, given that this region is among the most vulnerable parts of the world to storm-surge flooding.
Both India and Bangladesh have made great strides in recent years with evacuations and bringing vulnerable residents to storm shelters, but this year those efforts are complicated by the coronavirus pandemic, which is making many residents fearful of going to confined spaces.
The storm had been a Category 5 monster on Monday, setting a record for the strongest such storm on record in that part of the world, but even nature’s most intense storms are surprisingly delicate. Strong winds carrying relatively dry air surrounding the storm have slipped into the core of Amphan (pronounced “UM-PHUN”), disrupting the inner ring of thunderstorms known as the eyewall, which contains the storm’s strongest winds and heaviest rains.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/resi...aws.com/public/TLFVVDUUWNDTHCHAJVT5FCHJ5Y.gif
[India and Bangladesh prepare for monster cyclone as pandemic rages]
Since Monday night, the eyewall has been open on the eastern side, reflecting the influence of the wind shear and dry air. For the storm to intensify, the eyewall needs to be completely closed.
The forecast calls for the storm to continue to weaken slightly in terms of its wind speeds and to make landfall as a Category 1 or 2 storm. However, because Cyclone Amphan was once a “super cyclonic storm” at the pinnacle of storm intensity, it is pushing water toward shore that is more consistent with a much stronger storm.
This phenomenon of a weakened storm in terms of wind speeds bringing a storm surge commensurate with a more powerful weather system has played out in the United States. Hurricane Katrina, for example, struck the Gulf Coast in 2005 as a Category 3 storm, but its surge was more in line with a Category 5 storm, since it had previously achieved Category 5 status. The storm surge is the storm-driven rise in water above normally dry land.
via Twitter. It also jumped in intensity from a Category 1 storm to a Category 5 monster in just 24 hours, according to Bob Henson of Weather Underground.
[The strongest, most dangerous hurricanes are now far more likely due to climate change, study shows]
Rapidly intensifying storms constitute one of the impacts that scientists have seen from human-caused global warming, with studies pointing increasingly to the dangers posed by storms that make a sudden leap in intensity categories.
Globally, the odds of the strongest tropical cyclones, such as Category 3, 4 and 5 storms, are increasing due to climate change, according to a study published Monday. However, that study did not find clear trends in the North Indian Ocean Basin.
Evacuation efforts collide with the coronavirus pandemic
two coronavirus cases were reported in the camps last week. International aid groups are preparing emergency supplies of food, tarpaulins and water purification tablets.
[Because of climate change, hurricanes are raining harder and may be growing stronger more quickly]
In the Satkhira district of Bangladesh, which is expected to bear the brunt of the cyclone, officials started using loudspeakers to tell people to evacuate on Monday.
On Tuesday, they began going door-to-door to urge them to move to shelters.
Unlike in prior cyclones, authorities are also using schools and mosques with more than one floor as shelters, said Bhabtosh Kumar Mandal, a local official in the Bangladeshi village of Buri Goalini. The goal is to avoid crowds, he said. People have been asked to arrive at shelters with masks, Mandal added. He was racing to collect even more masks to distribute before the cyclone hit.
India recorded over 5,000 coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period ending Monday, the most in a single day, and is nearing the 100,000 mark overall. Ganjam, a coastal district in the state of Odisha, has seen a surge in cases as migrant workers returning home due to an extended lockdown have tested positive. Its neighboring state, West Bengal, saw the highest rise in its virus death toll in early May.
Joanna Slater and Niha Masih reported from New Delhi.
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I hope the authorities are enforcing social distancing guidelines inside the storm shelters.
Two weeks ago I was joking during iftar that the worst that could happen right now is a natural calamity.
All very ominous now, best case scenario is Amphan weakening further before making landfall. I'm more worried about Covid-19 spreading in the confined storm shelters rather the cyclone itself.
Nobody will send aid, relief or carry out rescue operations when pandemic is handing everyone their asses. Bangladesh and India will have to face this beast alone.
Two weeks ago I was joking during iftar that the worst that could happen right now is a natural calamity.
All very ominous now, best case scenario is Amphan weakening further before making landfall. I'm more worried about Covid-19 spreading in the confined storm shelters rather the cyclone itself.
Nobody will send aid, relief or carry out rescue operations when pandemic is handing everyone their asses. Bangladesh and India will have to face this beast alone.
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Cyclone Amphan: 6 killed as storm hits Bangladesh coast
Many low-lying areas were inundated, embankments collapsed, trees uprooted and houses were reportedly damaged by the cyclone in the coastal districts of Bangladesh
At least six people were killed as severe cyclonic storm Amphan made landfall along the coastline of India and Bangladesh on Wednesday.
The deceased are from Patuakhali, Bhola, Pirojpur and Satkhira.
In Satkhira, a 40-year-old woman named Karimunnessa, died after being hit by a falling tree branch while she was out collecting mangoes during cyclone in Kamarnagar of Sadar upazila, confirmed Sadar police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Asaduzzaman.
In Pirojpur, Shahjahan Molla, 60, a resident of Mathbaria upazila, died after a wall collapsed on him during the storm, confirmed Mathbaria police station OC Md Masuduzzaman.
In Bhola, two people were killed during the stormy weather caused by the cyclonic storm.
The 70-year-old victim Siddique Fakir died after a tree fell on him while he was on his motorcycle in Char Fashion upazila, said Dakkhin Aicha police station OC Harunur Rashid.
The other deceased Rafiqul Islam died after a trawler carrying him capsized near Ilisha Rajapur Ghat in Sadar upazila, confirmed Sadar police station OC Md Enayet Hossain.
In Patuakhali, a six-year-old boy Md Rashed, died hit by a falling tree branch in Galachipa upazila. The incident occurred Wednesday evening, confirmed Golachipa police station OC Md Monirul Islam.
Meanwhile, the body of Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) leader Shah Alam, 40, was recovered nine hours after he went missing following the capsizing of a boat in a canal in Kalapara upazila, confirmed Kalapara Upazila Nirbahi Officer Abu Hasnat.
A boat carrying CPP volunteers, including Shah Alam, sank in the Hafez Pedar canal around 8:30am after being hit by the storm, he said.
On information, a team of divers from a local fire service station rushed to the spot and started rescue operation and recovered the body around 6pm, he added.
Besides, at least 17 villages of Kalapara, Galachipa, and Rangabali upazila of the district have been inundated as local embankments broke away in pre-Amphan cyclonic tidal surges.
District administration has opened 10 control rooms to monitor losses caused by the cyclone Amphan.
Sufficient amount of dry foods are available for evacuees at 752 shelter centres in the district. Civil Surgeon’s office has set up 325 medical teams to deal with any medical emergencies. All officials and employees of Payra port have taken shelters, while all port activities were suspended.
Also, district and upazila administration, local representatives, personnel of police, Bangladesh Coast Guard and Fire Service and Civil Defence, Ansar and VDP, are in standby to tackle any emergencies.
Many low-lying areas were inundated, embankments collapsed, trees uprooted and houses were reportedly damaged by the cyclone in the coastal districts of Bangladesh
At least six people were killed as severe cyclonic storm Amphan made landfall along the coastline of India and Bangladesh on Wednesday.
The deceased are from Patuakhali, Bhola, Pirojpur and Satkhira.
In Satkhira, a 40-year-old woman named Karimunnessa, died after being hit by a falling tree branch while she was out collecting mangoes during cyclone in Kamarnagar of Sadar upazila, confirmed Sadar police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Asaduzzaman.
In Pirojpur, Shahjahan Molla, 60, a resident of Mathbaria upazila, died after a wall collapsed on him during the storm, confirmed Mathbaria police station OC Md Masuduzzaman.
In Bhola, two people were killed during the stormy weather caused by the cyclonic storm.
The 70-year-old victim Siddique Fakir died after a tree fell on him while he was on his motorcycle in Char Fashion upazila, said Dakkhin Aicha police station OC Harunur Rashid.
The other deceased Rafiqul Islam died after a trawler carrying him capsized near Ilisha Rajapur Ghat in Sadar upazila, confirmed Sadar police station OC Md Enayet Hossain.
In Patuakhali, a six-year-old boy Md Rashed, died hit by a falling tree branch in Galachipa upazila. The incident occurred Wednesday evening, confirmed Golachipa police station OC Md Monirul Islam.
Meanwhile, the body of Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) leader Shah Alam, 40, was recovered nine hours after he went missing following the capsizing of a boat in a canal in Kalapara upazila, confirmed Kalapara Upazila Nirbahi Officer Abu Hasnat.
A boat carrying CPP volunteers, including Shah Alam, sank in the Hafez Pedar canal around 8:30am after being hit by the storm, he said.
On information, a team of divers from a local fire service station rushed to the spot and started rescue operation and recovered the body around 6pm, he added.
Besides, at least 17 villages of Kalapara, Galachipa, and Rangabali upazila of the district have been inundated as local embankments broke away in pre-Amphan cyclonic tidal surges.
District administration has opened 10 control rooms to monitor losses caused by the cyclone Amphan.
Sufficient amount of dry foods are available for evacuees at 752 shelter centres in the district. Civil Surgeon’s office has set up 325 medical teams to deal with any medical emergencies. All officials and employees of Payra port have taken shelters, while all port activities were suspended.
Also, district and upazila administration, local representatives, personnel of police, Bangladesh Coast Guard and Fire Service and Civil Defence, Ansar and VDP, are in standby to tackle any emergencies.
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Every live lost is a tragedy. But as this calamity rages BD should claim a win. In days gone past we would have had thousands of casualties but successive governments have created shelters that protect lives. Hoping 100% of the people have managed to get to the shelters that are fully stocked with food medicine and health care personnel.
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