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Cyclonic storm 'Bijli moves northwards [1]

A cyclonic storm codenamed 'Bijli' formed over the west-central and adjoining east-central Bay and moved slightly northwards on Thursday evening, packing a wind speed of up to 80 kilometers per hour.

A latest special bulletin of the Met Office said it was centered about 735 km southwest of Chittagong Port, 685 km southwest of Cox's Bazar Port and 600 km south/southwest of Mongla Port at 6pm.

Publication Date: 
17/04/2009
New Nation (Bangladesh) [2]
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Natural Disasters [3], Cyclones [4], Storms [5], Bangladesh [6]
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