Shawdesh Desk:

The Bangladesh Navy has prepared some 27 and 5 warships with huge relief materials at Chattogram Port and Khulna Naval Base respectively to carry out rescue operation ahead of cyclone ‘Bulbul’, expected to make landfall on Saturday evening.

The latter ships have been kept ready so that they can lunch rescue operations and distribute life-saving supplies at the coastal areas immediately after the primary impact of the cyclone.

Earlier, Bangladesh raised the storm danger signal on Saturday morning as cyclone ‘Bulbul’ intensified further.

Mongla and Payra ports have been advised to hoist great danger signal-10 as cyclone Bulbul is approaching towards the coasts in Bangladesh and is likely to make landfall on the Sundarbans in the afternoon.

The Met Office has also advised to hoist the great danger signal No 10 for nine coastal districts in the region while danger signal No 9 for the maritime port of Chattogram and five nearby districts, said a special bulletin at 8:00am.

Besides, the maritime port of Cox’s Bazar has been advised to hoist local warning signal no. 4, according to the bulletin.

Low-lying areas of the coastal districts are “likely to be inundated by storm surge of 5-7 feet height above normal astronomical tide” because of the approaching cyclone.