Cyclone Rimal hit the Shyamnagar coast of Satkhira around 10 pm on May 26. Whose rampage lasts until 4:30 in the morning. At that time, journalists were repeatedly contacting the Satkhira Meteorological Office to know the speed and position of the storm. But Zulfikar Ali Ripon, the officer in charge working there, was giving information about the coastal area based on assumptions. When contacted at 12:00 PM on May 26 to inquire about the storm, he said that the storm is blowing at a maximum speed of 72 kmph in Satkhira city. On the coast this speed can be 90 to 120 km.

Then asked, what is the actual speed of the storm on the coast? He said in a desperate manner, we can only identify the city of Satkhira. We have no station on the coast. Then the question is asked again, do you collect information from there by any other means or not? He replied, no.
In such a situation, the locals have raised the demand of setting up a weather observatory in the coastal area of ​​Shyamnagar to get the real forecast of the weather climate and disaster. Their question is, what is the use of a weather observatory in the city if you can’t provide information about the coast?

Locals said that since Shyamnagar in Satkhira is very close to the Bay of Bengal in the southwestern coastal region of the country, cyclones, low pressure and low pressure keep coming. Despite being prone to disasters, coastal towns are repeatedly affected due to lack of accurate forecasting.

In view of the public demand, Satkhira-4 Constituency Member of Parliament SM Ataul Haque Dolon said, as the MP of the disaster-prone coastal area, I will speak on this matter seriously in the National Parliament. Every effort will be made to set up a weather monitoring station or disaster forecasting station in the area as soon as possible.