DHAKA: At least nine people have died after Cyclone Sitrang slammed into Bangladesh’s southern coast, snapping communications and power links and destroying houses, officials said. “Nine people have died, most by trees falling including three from one family in (eastern district of) Cumilla,” Jebun Nahar, a government official told AFP news agency.

Cyclone equivalent of hurricanes in Atlantic or typhoons in west Pacific  made landfall in southern Bangladesh late on Monday but authorities managed to get about a million people to safety before monster weather system hit. Cyclone barrelled in from Bay of Bengal early on Monday with winds gusting up to 88km/h (55mph) and a storm surge of about three metres (10ft) that flooded low-lying coastal areas.

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 26 2022

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