The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that Cyclone Remal, the first in the Bay of Bengal this pre-monsoon season, will make landfall between West Bengal’s Sagar Island and Bangladesh’s Khepupara on Sunday night. The cyclone is expected to intensify further and cross the West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh coasts between Sagar Island and Khepupara with wind speeds of 110 to 120 mph, gusting to 135 mph around midnight.