Met Office asks maritime ports to host signal no 4
Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- The Met Office has advised maritime ports to hoist local cautionary signal number 4 and warned that low-lying coastal areas could be inundated by tidal surges.
In a special bulletin on Friday morning, the Met Office said a deep depression has formed in the Bay of Bengal. It was located in the northwest Bay and adjoining area and moved northeastwards over the same area.
At 6:00 am, it was centred about 445km west-southwest of Chittagong Port, 445km west-southwest of Cox's Bazar Port, 240km southwest of Mongla Port and 280km southwest of Payra Port, reports UNB.
It is likely to move in a northeasterly direction, the weather office said.
The maximum sustained wind speed within 48km of the deep depression centre is about...
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