The cyclone also damaged some 4,000 mostly mud and tin-built houses, Bangladesh’s disaster management secretary Shah Kamal told Agence France-Presse. In coastal Khulna, the worst-hit district in Bangladesh, trees swayed violently and were ripped from the ground in the fierce storm, blocking roads and hampering access to the area. Some low-lying parts of the district were flooded, disaster management minister Enamur Rahman told Agence France-Presse. “It has turned into a deep depression, causing heavy rainfall,” Bangladesh weather bureau deputy chief Ayesha Khatun told Agence France-Presse. Allah knows what is happening there,” the 30-year-old mother of three told Agence France-Presse.

Source: Manila Times November 10, 2019 17:40 UTC