Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) officials urge people to evacuate their homes in preparation for Cyclone Bulbul, in Khulna on November 9, 2019. AFP
Dhaka: Bangladesh has evacuated more than 300,000 people to shelters as a powerful cyclone in the Bay of Bengal heads towards the country's coast, officials said on Saturday.
"More people will be moved to the shelters, and we will hopefully be able to take all vulnerable people to safety," Enamur Rahman, junior minister for disaster management, told reporters in Dhaka.
Cyclone Bulbul, which was 280 kilometres south-west of the country's second-largest maritime port of Mongla, with wind speeds reaching 150 kilometres per hour, is likely to strike Bangladesh's south-western parts in the evening, according to a special weather bulletin. (QNA)
