NEW DELHI — A crushing cyclone barreled up the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, heading for a swampy stretch along the border of India and Bangladesh and threatening to unleash 165 mph winds and massive floo
ds when it makes landfall Wednesday.
Satya Narayan Pradhan, chief of India’s National Disaster Response Force, said the incoming storm could “wreak havoc.”“We must take it very seriously,” he said.Indian officials said the storm was one of the most dangerous super cyclones to hit India in decades, since a cyclone in 1999 killed more than 9,000 people. That storm packed winds of more than 170 mph, devastating many states along India’s coast.
Many scientists believe that climate change and warmer temperatures are making these superstorms even worse. “There is a sense fear among people,” said Selim Shahrier, a station manager at a community radio station in southwestern Bangladesh. “They hesitate to leave their belongings.” In eastern India on Tuesday, emergency crews dressed in orange jumpsuits prowled coastal areas, blaring messages from megaphones that urged people to move into shelters as soon as possible. Indian television channels showed footage of the crews moving from place to place, as behind them, the sea was whipped into a white-green froth.
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