at least nine people They were reported killed after a hurricane hit the coast of Bangladesh, officials confirmed Tuesday.
trees and power Plumes were cut and low-lying areas were flooded after the depression turned into a cyclone, codenamed Sitrang, hit Monday night.
Cameron day, that official In the control room of The disaster management said that nine cyclone-related deaths have been reported so far.
“We are still assessing the damage,” she told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA).
three members of one familyincluding a four-year-old killed when a tree fell on they are home in Nangolkot of comilla district, more From 100 kilometers (62 miles) southeast of The local capital is Dhaka government official Rehan Mehboob said.
two people Died when the trees fell on they in coastal area of Paula, said Touhidul Islam, that official in the administration of the area.
He said the storm destroyed vast crop fields in Island area. Many trees and electricity poles were uprooted added.
Another woman died after Ghosn of a tree fell on to her in Southwest region of Narayel.
Meanwhile, a man died in The capital, Dhaka, at Toba wall It collapsed, while two people died after them small The boat capsized in Jamuna River in Officials in the northwestern Sarajganj district said.
More than 300,000 residents of the coast have been evacuated before government Before of Hurricane fall.
