Cyclone Nargis intensifies further
Tropical cyclone Nargis, staying west-central and adjoining southwest and southeast Bay of Bengal, has taken the shape of a very severe cyclonic storm, intensifying further Tuesday evening, said the Storm Warning Centre. After intensifying into a very severe cyclonic storm, Nargis at 10:30pm lay centred over near latitude 14.0 degrees north and longitude 85.0 degrees east about 1,155 kilometres southwest of Chittagong port, 1,090 kilometres southwest of Cox's Bazar port and 1,030 kilometres south-southwest of Mongla port.