Cyclone Nargis intensifies further
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30/04/2008
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New Age (Bangladesh)
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. It is likely to intensify further and move slowly in a northerly direction for some more time and then move north-eastwards, the said a storm warning bulletin. The maximum sustained wind speed within 90 kilometres of the storm centre is about 64 kilometres an hour, rising to 115 kilometres an hour in gusts or squalls. The sea will remain rough over the north Bay and