Cyclone Sitrang Leaves A Trail Of Destruction In Bangladesh, Several Houses Damaged. IN PICS
Cyclone 'Sitrang' has killed at least 35 people and destroyed several houses along the southern coast and central parts of Bangladesh, as reported by news agency PTI. (Source: Getty)
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View In AppCyclone 'Sitrang' made landfall in the coastal region of Bangladesh in the early hours of Tuesday and later weakened, according to the news of Bengali daily newspaper 'Prothom Elo'. According to unofficial counts, at least 35 people lost their lives due to the cyclone. (Source: Getty)
Around 10 million people were without power in districts along the coasts on Tuesday. “Until 6 pm this evening, reports of 35 deaths were reported from 16 (of the 64 administrative) districts,” the mass-circulation Prothom Alo said, but officials preferred several of the deaths as “missing cases”, confirming so far 16 deaths. (Source: Getty)
Many houses collapsed due to the cyclone. Apart from this, many trees were uprooted, road connectivity and power supply were disrupted. (Source: Getty)
According to another leading news website 'bdnews24.com', the death toll from Cyclone Sitarang stood at 22 till Tuesday evening. (Source: Getty)
Authorities on Monday evacuated thousands of people to safer places before the tropical cyclone 'Sitrang' that formed in the Bay of Bengal headed towards the Bangladesh coast. (Source: Getty)
According to media reports, Minister of State for Disaster Management and Relief, Enamur Rahman said in a press conference in Dhaka on Tuesday that about 10,000 houses have been damaged across Bangladesh due to the cyclone. Apart from this, he said that 6,000 hectares of agricultural land and 1,000 shrimp farms were also damaged. (Source: Getty)
Meteorologists preferred to call Sitrang a normal tropical cyclone of high intensity rather than a super cyclone, but it also lashed the streets of coastal cities and towns in the capital Dhaka. (Source: Getty)