Wild waves: A man pulling a fishing boat to shore as a preventive measure in Kuakata, ahead of Cyclone Remal’s landfall in Bangladesh. — AFP
Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis left their coastal villages for concrete storm shelters further inland as the low-lying nation prepared for the expected landfall of an intense cyclone, officials said.
Cyclone Remal was set to hit the southern coast and parts of neighbouring India yesterday, with Bangladesh’s weather department predicting crashing waves and howling gales with gusts of up to 130kph.
