At least 20 people were injure and 400 houses tore down as a storm battered three unions in Kurigram district Sunday night. The 15-minute foray by nature uprooted many trees in the areas covering parts of Ulipur and Chilmari upazilas and also snapped power supply lines, not to be restored till yesterday.
Six of the injured people were admitted to Ulipur Rural Health Complex.
Ulipur UNO Abdul Rafiq, Chilmari UNO Enamul Haque and Deputy Commander of Joint Forces (Army) Maj Kader visited the affected areas yesterday and distributed dry foods among the victims.
The officials said they are preparing lists of affected people.
On Saturday night, a storm swept over six villages in Omar Majid union in Rajarhat upazila damaing several hundred houses.