Chittagong: Chittagong Port Authority has issued its own ‘Alert-2’ in view of Bangladesh Meteorological Department’s warning signal number 4 due to cyclone Mokha.
On Friday (May 12) afternoon, the matter was confirmed to BanglaNews by the Secretary of the Port Authority. Omar Farooq
He said that Chittagong Port Authority issues its own alert depending on the signal of Meteorological Department. At present, the port authority has issued ‘alert-2’.
A meeting of the Cyclone Standing Committee has been called. At the same time, the lighter ships are being sent to safe haven from Sadarghat towards Karnaphuli Shah Amanat Setu area. Vessels at jetties and outer anchorages have been asked to keep engines running so that they can move to a safe place immediately. The port’s own ships have been asked to double mooring safely.
In response to a question, he said that if the warning signal of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department increases, the movement of ships and unloading of goods will be stopped in phases. So that port jetties, channels, handling equipment are not damaged due to cyclone.
Very strong cyclonic storm ‘Mokha’, located over central Bay of Bengal and adjacent southeast Bay of Bengal, is moving in a north-northeast direction and is positioned over east central Bay of Bengal and adjacent areas (13.9°N latitude and 88.2°E longitude). It is 1005 km from Chittagong seaport today (May 12) at 12 noon. 935 km from Cox’s Bazar seaport in South-Southwest. 965 km from Mongla seaport in south-southwest. South-Southwest and 930 km from Payra seaport. It was located in the south-southwest. It may move further north-northeast and intensify.
74 km from the center of the very strong cyclone. Among them, the maximum sustained wind speed is 130 km per hour, which is 150 km in the form of gust or gale. increasing up to The sea is very rough in the vicinity of the cyclone center.
Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra sea ports have been asked to lower the remote warning signal number 02 (two) and display the local warning signal number 04 (four) instead. Besides, all the fishing boats and trawlers stationed in North Bay of Bengal have been asked to go to safe shelter as soon as possible.
