Cyclone Sitrang may hit coastal areas: Minister

State Minister for Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Enamur Rahman said it is more or less certain that the deep low depression over the bay has turned into a cyclonic storm and it may become a 'super cyclone.'

The cyclone will hit 730 kilometre-long coastal areas in 19 districts of the country with three to five feet high tidal surges, he said.

The cyclone 'Sitrang' may hit Bangladesh's coastal areas between October 24 midnight and October 25 evening at the speed of 90-100 kilometre per hour, he added.

The state minister said this while briefing the media at the secretariat on Sunday. 

"The low is yet to turn into a cyclone. If it turns into a cyclone, it will be named Sitrang," he said.

The state minister also said they have prepared shelter centres and already send dry foods to the districts.