Bangladesh cyclone kills 24, sends thousands fleeing - News Summed Up

Bangladesh cyclone kills 24, sends thousands fleeing


Winds reached 55 miles per hour (88 kilometers per hour)Read More Dalil Uddin, a disaster management official in Dhaka, told CNN on Sunday that rescuers found three more bodies in Chittagong. 24 Killed as Cyclone Roanu Hits Bangladesh, Lakhs Evacuated https://t.co/EFMnNHPL3J pic.twitter.com/uf3MeDIp3Q — News18 (@CNNnews18) May 22, 2016Massive delugeMany areas remain inundated after downpours of more than a foot in some areas Saturday. Roanu packed a wallop as it made landfall Saturday, battering the south and southeast regions of Barisal and Chittagong especially hard -- damaging hundreds of houses and causing landslides, disaster officials said. Story highlights "There are people marooned in the low-lying areas," disaster official says500,000 people have been evacuated(CNN) The death toll in Tropical Cyclone Roanu has reached 24 as rescuers scrambled Sunday to help those stranded, evacuated and battered by punishing winds and rain.


Source: CNN May 22, 2016 11:22 UTC



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