Ignoring weather warning

Our Correspondent

Holidaymakers flocked to Cox's Bazar sea beach Thursday night despite a warning signal 4 issued for the district with tropical cyclone Nargis in sight, police said.

"The sea beach is packed with tourists," Jamal Hossain, who is in charge of Saikat Police Outpost, told bdnews24.com by phone. Seagull Hotel in the city was all booked out, said Shahed Ahmed, an official of the hotel. A holidaymaker said the weather was "quite normal and the sky was clear".

Sea Palace was also packed with tourists, said Labu Rahman of the hotel. The Meteorological Department sounded local warning signal 4 for Cox's Bazar and Chittagong and distant warning signal 2 for Mongla port.

In the Island town of Bhola, panic caused by the weather warnings led to the cancellations of travel plans and other programmes.