 Upon strengthening into a cyclonic storm, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) assigned the name "Bulbul".It continued intensifying and increasing in speed for the next three days, however still
slowly moving north and prompting the IMD to issue coastal warnings for Bangladesh and West Bengal of India and prohibit all fishermen activity, beach activity, and boating in and around the Bay of Bengal.About a day later, Bulbul made landfall near Sagar Island in West Bengal around 18