A tropical typhoon that hit Bangladesh has left at least 24 other people dead and about 8 million people without strength in the country’s delta, officials and news reports said Tuesday.
They said some 10,000 homes were destroyed and more than 6,000 hectares (15,000 acres) of crops were destroyed. Thousands of fishing projects were also razed.
News firm United News of Bangladesh said some 20,000 people had been abandoned due to flooding caused by the tsunami in the southern coastal district of Bhola.
Tropical Storm Sitrang moved through the Bay of Bengal before heading north toward Bangladesh’s vast coastline, prompting the government to evacuate thousands of people to cyclone shelters on Monday. coastal regions.
The typhoon weakened Tuesday afternoon, with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles (65 kilometers) per hour and wind gusts of up to 53 mph (85 kph). The weather forecaster in the capital, Dhaka, which had recorded gusts of up to 88 kph (55 mph) on Monday night, said the danger had passed.
No flooding or primary damage was reported in camps hosting some 30,000 Rohingya refugees on Bhasan Char Island and another million in Cox’s Bazar district, the U. N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims fled neighboring Buddhist-majority Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape a “demining operation” by the army in 2017. Myanmar security forces have been charged with the mass rape, killing and burning of thousands of Rohingya-owned homes.
A Mirshorai official in Chattogram, Minhazur Rahman, said divers discovered 8 bodies on Tuesday after a dredge capsized in the Bay of Bengal on Monday night. The sea remained rough Tuesday, he said.
Raihan Mehbub, a Cumilla district official, said two parents and their 4-year-old daughter died after a tree fell on their home while they slept late Monday night.
At least thirteen other people were killed in separate incidents across the country, Dhaka-based Somoy TV reported. Most died after being hit by falling trees, others died due to collapsed structures or drowned, local media reported.
Nasrul Hamid, deputy minister of electric power and mineral resources, said about 8 million users out of a total of 48 million were left without power after fallen trees broke distribution lines or power poles were knocked down, most commonly in rural areas.
He said the distribution of electric power across the country would normalize until Wednesday.
Enamur Rahman, deputy minister of crisis control and relief, said some 10,000 houses had been destroyed across the country.
Authorities reopened 3 airports on Tuesday after postponing operations for 21 hours.
On Monday, the government halted operations of all river vessels across the country, closed all 3 airports, and asked fishing boats to return from the high seas and remain anchored in the Bay of Bengal.
Bangladesh is a delta country with more than 160 million people and is prone to grassy errors such as floods and cyclones.
Climate scientists say climate replacement is something that many herbal bugs in Bangladesh and other South Asian countries.
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