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Nine dead as cyclone Amphan lashes Bangladesh

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Thu May 21, 2020 12:03 PM Last update on: Thu May 21, 2020 03:05 PM
Coastal areas in Patuakhali inundated as extremely severe cyclone Amphan crossed Bangladesh’s coastal districts yesterday. Photo: Star

A total of nine people have been killed in seven districts of the country as super cyclone Amphan battered Bangladesh's south-western part in the early hours of today morning.

There are reports of two deaths from Jhenidahand Barishalfrom todaynoon, our local correspondents report.

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The cyclone claimed seven more lives reported earlier today from five districts -- Jashore, Bhola, Barguna, Patuakhali and Pirojpur.

In Jhenidah, a woman named Nadira Begum died as a tree fell on her house at Halidhani village in Sadarupazila around 9:00pm, said the district's Deputy Commissioner Saroj Kumar Nath.

In Barishal, a boy drowned while taking a bath during the stormy weather around 3:00pm yesterday in the Gajariariver under Mehendiganjupazila, our Barishal correspondent reports.

Locals later recovered the body from the river around 9:00pm, six hours after the incident took place, said Officer-in-Charge of Mehendiganj Police Station MdAbdidur Rahman.

Besides, a woman and her daughter died atChaugachhain Jashore district while Amphanlashed the area last night.

The deceased were identified as Khento Begum (45) and her 13-year-old daughter RabeyaKhatun, residents of Chandpur village at Chaugachha, our Benapole correspondent reports.

A tree fell on them when they went out of their house around 11:30pm during the severe cyclonic storm, said Rifat Khan Rajib, officer-in-charge of Chaugachha Police Station.

Both of them died on the spot, the OC added.

In Patuakhali, Shah Alam (40), a leader of a team of Red Crescent volunteers, drowned as a boat capsized in a canal in Patuakhali'sKalaparaupazila yesterday morning.

In the same district, a five-year-old boy was killed as a tree branch fell on him while he was on his way to a cyclone centre in the evening yesterday.

The victim was identified as Rashed, son of Shah Alam from Galachipaupazila, police said.

In Bhola, 70-year-old Siddikur Rahman was killed in a similar way in Charfashion in the afternoon.

Apart from them, 50-year-old ShajahanMolla, a farmer from Pirojpur, was killed in a mudslide during the cyclone. Another elderly person died on the way to a cyclone shelter in Barguna early yesterday.

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