Cyclone Remal in Bangladesh
Cyclone Remal formed over the northern Bay of Bengal on May 25, it crossed the Indian border between West Bengal state and the Khulna region of Bangladesh on May 26 around 18:00 UTC.
The storm brought tidal surges as high as 12 feet to many southwestern coastal areas of Bangladesh, along with heavy rainfall and wind speeds reaching up to 120 km/h. Tragically, 16 deaths were reported: some individuals drowned, while others were crushed by collapsing buildings.
The cyclone affected a total of 3.75 million people, with 35,483 homes destroyed and another 115,992 homes damaged. Nearly a million people were evacuated to safety
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- Tipo de evento
- Inundación, Tormenta
- Ubicación del evento
- Bangladesh
- Fecha de activación de la Carta
- 2024-05-28
- Hora de activación de la Carta
- 14:09
- Zona horaria de activación de la Carta
- UTC+07:00
- Solicitante de carta
- UNOSAT on behalf of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
- ID de activación
- 884
- Gestión de proyectos
- Jakrapong Tawala (UNITAR)
- Valor agregado
- Md Mahmudur Rahman (Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (SPARRSO)),
- Murad Billah (UNOSAT),
- SERTIT Rapid Mapping Service (SERTIT Rapid Mapping Service)