As many as three people had been killed below the influence of Cyclone Sitrang in Bangladesh’s Bhola and Narail districts. Three people misplaced their lives after a tree fell on them in Daulatkhan and Charfashan in Bhola and Lohagra in Narail, the district administration mentioned.
Daulatpur Upazila govt officer Touhidul Islam mentioned one particular person was killed and three others had been injured in the storm. The deceased girl has been recognized as Bibi Khadija (80). She is the spouse of deceased Golam Mustafa of Daulatkhan Municipality.
Al Noman, UNO of Charfashan, mentioned {that a} man named Alam Swarnakar was killed after being hit by a tree department. He is a resident of the Ewajpur space of Upazila.
A lady was killed by a falling tree in southwestern Narail district in Lohagara. Lohagara Police Station OC Nasiruddin mentioned that the incident befell on the Upazila Parishad sq. on Monday afternoon. The deceased Morjina Begum (40) was a resident of Arjanbahar village of Bagerhat Sadar Upazila.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its newest climate bulletin mentioned, “Cyclone Sitrang lay centered at 1730 IST near lat 20.7N and long 90.1E about 230 km E-SE of Sagar Island.Likely to continue to move N-NE wards and cross Bangladesh coast b/w Tinkona Island and Sandwip close to Barisal during midnight of today and early hours of the 25th October 2022.”
Cyclonic storm ‘Sitrang’ may be very more likely to proceed to maneuver north-northeastwards & is more likely to cross Bangladesh coast between Tinkona Island and Sandwip near Barisal at the moment, the climate workplace mentioned.
On Monday, Bangladesh evacuated over 2.19 lakh people to security as cyclone Sitrang approached the nation’s southwestern coastlines, information company PTI reported.
Mohammmad Moniruzzaman, the spokesperson of the Disaster Management Ministry, advised PTI that Bangladeshi authorities have stored prepared 6,925 cyclone facilities anticipating the final particular person uncovered to cyclone risks to take refuge there.
“At least 219,990 people have been taken to cyclone centers in 15 coastal districts by 5 pm on Monday,” Moniruzzaman advised PTI.
The coastal districts would expertise storm tides and heavy rain because the tip of the cyclone began crossing the coast, meteorologist Monwar Hossain advised Reuters. Aid employees have stockpiled emergency gadgets comparable to meals, tarpaulins and water purification tablets in refugee camps housing greater than one million Rohingya in flimsy shelters in Cox’s Bazar.