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(Recast) Bangladesh tornado death toll rises to 20
DHAKA, Mar 22, 2013 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
The death toll caused by a
devastating tornado in eastern Bangladesh rose to 20 on Saturday,
a local TV channel reported.
According to local TV channel "Time", the tornado, which swept
through four sub-districts of Bangladesh's northeastern
Brahmanbaria district, some 109 km east of the capital Dhaka,
Friday evening left over 200 others wounded.
Mahmud Mozumder, chief executive officer of the district,
Friday told Xinhua over the phone that the tornado had flattened
hundreds of houses, trees and electric poles while damaging crops
on farmland in four sub-districts.
The tornado, with a speed of over 70 kilometers per hour, was
accompanied by hail storm and lasted for a few minutes, he said,
adding that the victims were killed by collapsed houses and fallen
trees.
The railway connecting Dhaka to the country's Chittagong port,
some 242 km southeast of capital Dhaka, and northeastern Sylhet,
some 241 km northeast of capital Dhaka, remained disrupted as
trees fell on the tracks. Road communications in some districts
also remained suspended.
The Disaster Management and Relief ministry announced Saturday
that 20,000 Taka (about 250 U.S. dollars) will be given to each
family of dead person, and 5,000 Taka (about 62.5 U.S. dollars) to
the family of the wounded.
An army medical team from Comilla Cantonment has been sent to
the affected areas.
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