INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
At least 24 people have died and millions were without power after Cyclone Sitrang struck Bangladesh, forcing the evacuation of about a
million people.Most of the deaths were from falling trees, police and government officials said, with two dying in the north on the Jamuna
river when their boat sank
said Jebun Nahar, a government official.About 10 million people were without power in districts along the coast on Tuesday, while schools
Authorities managed to get about a million people to safety before it hit.Eight people were missing from a dredging boat that sank during
the storm on Monday night in the Bay of Bengal, near Mirsarai, said Abdullah Pasha, regional fire department chief
low-lying regions such as remote islands and riverbanks were moved to thousands of multi-storey cyclone shelters, said the disaster
shrimp farms were washed away in floods.People walk past trees brought down by Cyclone Sitrang, Dhaka, Bangladesh
rains lashed much of the country, flooding cities such as Dhaka, Khulna and Barisal which received 324mm (13 inches) of rainfall on
Monday.About 33,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, controversially relocated from the mainland to a storm-prone island in the Bay of
Bengal, were ordered to stay indoors but there were no reports of casualties or damage, officials said.The cyclone downed trees and brought
in the night because of the fear that our homes will be destroyed
Snakes entered many homes
thousands of people were evacuated on Monday to more than 100 relief centres, officials said
millions when it hit in 2020.In recent years, better forecasting and more effective evacuation planning have dramatically reduced the death
The worst recorded, in 1970, killed hundreds of thousands of people.Cyclones are a regular menace in the region but scientists say climate
change is likely making them more intense and frequent.
This article first appeared/also appeared in theguardian.com
