DHAKA, Bangladesh --- A strong cyclone made landfall early Sunday in Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of people have moved to shelters across the low-lying delta nation's vast coastal region. Up to 1.8 million were expected to be evacuated by Saturday evening ahead of Cyclone Bulbul, said Enamur Rahman, Bangladesh's junior disaster management minister. More than 5,000 shelters had been prepared by Saturday morning. The cyclone was packing winds of up to 120 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 130 kph, but was forecast to weaken after crossing the coast. It slammed ashore near Sagar Island and its path included the southwestern Khulna region, which has the world's larg...
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