At least eight people, including woman and child, were killed as nor’wester lashed Hobiganj, Jamalpur, Chapainawabganj, Gaibandha, Sherpur, Kishoreganj and Bogra yesterday.
Apart from taking lives of people, the storm uprooted scores of tress and damaged standing crops, including Boro paddy.
Our Hobiganj correspondent reported that Nur Jahan, 35, wife of Fajal Miah, and her son Arian, 6, of Nandipara villagea, had died as a tree fell on their house during the storm in the early hours of the day.
Officer-in-Charge of Banichang police station Nirmolendo Chakrabarti said: “On information, police recovered the bodies and sent them to Habiganj sadar morgue.”
Meanwhile, crops on a vast track of land in Chunargaht, Bahubal and Ajmiganj upazilas have been damaged by the storm.
In Jamalpur, a teenage girl was killed and 30 others were injured as a giant tree fell on them when nor’wester hit several villages of Bokshiganj upazila of the district, our correspondent reports.
Local sources said power supply were remained suspended till yesterday afternoon as a number of electric poles were uprooted by the storm.
In Bogra, a night guard named Badal Kazi,55, a resident of Nishchintapur village in Sonatala upazila, was killed as a boat capsized in a water body when nor’wester hit the district.
Meanwhile, Belal Hossain Pramanik,50, son of Sultan Pramanik, a resident of Ashokola Uttarpara of Sadar upazila when a wall of his bedroom collapsed on him during the storm in Baghopara area early in the morning.
The storm also uprooted scores of trees and damaged several hundred houses and shops.
Our Gaibandha correspondent adds: An elderly man was killed as a tree fell on him at Gonganarayan village under Sadullahpur upazila.
When Nawab Ali Mondol was in asleep, a big tree fell on his room. He died on the spot, local said.
Besides, a good number of trees were uprooted and a different types of crops were damaged during the storm.
In Sherpur, a worker was killed and 10 others were injured as nor’wester swept over five upazilas of the district in the early hours.
Locals said Haidar Ali,55, son of late Alimuddin of Herua Char Bhedurpur of Sribardi upazdied on the spot and 10 others were injured as a tree fell on their house during the storm at Balughat in Nalitabari upazila in the dead of night.
Deputy Commissioner Zakir Hossain said the storm had left 300 houses damaged in the upazilas which were out of electricity.
In Kishoreganj, a schoolboy was killed as a tree fell on his house during the storm at Satal Bhattacharja Para in Sadar upazila early in the morning.
The deceased was identified as Babu,8, a student of class III and son of Harunur Rashid, a resident of the area.
Officer-in-charge of Kishoreganj Model police station Mosharraf Hossain said Babu was seriously injured when a tree fell on his house during the storm in the area.