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
Related Resources:
- Type of event
- Flood, Storm
- Location of event
- Bangladesh
- Date of Charter Activation
- 2024-05-28
- Time of Charter Activation
- 14:09
- Time zone of Charter Activation
- UTC+07:00
- Charter Requestor
- UNOSAT on behalf of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
- Activation ID
- 884
- Project Management
- Jakrapong Tawala (UNITAR)
- Value Adding
- Md Mahmudur Rahman (Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (SPARRSO)),
- Murad Billah (UNOSAT),
- SERTIT Rapid Mapping Service (SERTIT Rapid Mapping Service)