Updated Wednesday, April 30, 2008 0:00 am TWN, Reuters

Bangladesh raises storm alert, urges swift harvest

DHAKA -- Bangladesh on Tuesday asked farmers to speed up their rice harvest as the country braces for a powerful cyclone likely to hit in two or three days. Cyclone Nargis is about 1,200 km (750 miles) southwest of Bangladesh’s Chittagong coast and likely to gain strength in the Bay of Bengal as it nears the coast.

British-based storm tracking service Tropical Storm Risk rated Nargis as a category 2 storm on Tuesday and it was expected to reach category 4 strength in 36 hours. Category 5 is the maximum category for tropical cyclones.

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