Hundreds killed in hurricane, Thousands of people injured : Trail of catastrophic devastation in coastal areas
Saturday, November 17th, 2007
Staff Correspondent
The serious cyclonic storm hurricane SIDR lashed the coastal districts in the southwestern region of the country Thursday midnight leaving over 700 people dead and many injured, killing domestic and wild animals, damaging thousands of houses, uprooting trees and destroying crop lands and vegetable fields.
Reports on the trail of devastation were still reaching the capital Dhaka from different hurricane hit areas till the filing of the report on Friday night. Many people are still missing. The death toll may rise further. Borguna, Patuakhali, Jhalokathi, Madaripur, Barisal, Bagerhat, Shariatpur and Bhola are the worst hit areas. Tens of thousands of people have been rendered homless. (more…)
