300 houses damaged as storm lashes Netrakona
A violent storm ripped into Netrakona town and 15 villages in Purbadhola upazila of the district yesterday morning, damaging at least 300 thatched and tin-roofed houses.
The affected areas are Bolai Nagua and Khotib Nagua areas of the district town and Shreepur, Khoskhosia, Habibpur, Tulabait, Nizampur, Banchapur, North Bishiura, South Bishiura, Dugia, Gopalpur, Koloshati, Agia, Hogla, Hironpur and Jotorpur villages of Purbadhola upazila.
Netrakona municipality Mayor Prashanta Roy and Purbadhola Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mozammal Haque said the storm accompanied by heavy rain hit the town and the villages at around 10:00am and lasted for 30 minutes.
Several hundred trees and electric poles were uprooted during the storm. Electricity supply in the affected areas could not be restored as of filling of this report at 4:00 pm.
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