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A handful of people "drowned", whilst others were "crushed" after their houses collapsed.

The death toll from a cyclone that smashed into low-lying areas of Bangladesh has risen to at least 10 people, with more than 30,000 homes destroyed and tens of thousands more damaged, top local officials said Monday. They mostly died after they were crushed under fallen houses or ..

Fierce gales and crashing waves battered the coast as Cyclone Remal made landfall on Sunday night. By Monday afternoon, it had weakened into a storm, but winds and rain still lashed the coast. "Heavy rains unleashed by the cyclone are going on, and the wind speed is also high," said Showkat Ali, government administrator of Barisal district, where seven people died

AFP Patuakhali: Residents of low-lying areas of Bangladesh and India surveyed the damage Monday as a Cyclone that lashed the coast weakened i

Cyclone Remal Kills 10: The death toll from Cyclone Remal, which smashed into low-lying areas of Bangladesh last night, has risen to at least 10 people, with more than 30,000 homes destroyed and tens of thousands more damaged, officials said.