At least 15 people were killed, hundreds of trees uprooted, and crops on a vast tract of land damaged as nor’wester swept over Sunamganj, Netrakona, Naogaon and Sylhet.
Eight people, including four of a family, died in the storm over four upazilas of Netrakona on Sunday night.
Afroza Akter, 28, Sagar Ahmed 10, Rana, 7 and Jony, 4 – all of a family of Kalmakanda area – were killed when a wall of the house collapsed as nor’wester lashed over the village.
The other dead are Mamun, 11, of Kalmakanda upazila, Emdad of Barhatta upazila, Habibur Rahman alias Fazar Ali, 90, of Sadar upazila and Suma Akter, 9, of Mohonganj upazila.
When contacted, Netrakona Police Superintendent Md Zakir Hossain said: “A storm swept over Sadar, Barhatta, Mohonganj and Kalmakanda upazilas of the district between 10pm and midnight.”
Over 500 houses, a good number of trees and electricity poles were damaged for the nor’wester, he added.
In Sunamganj, four people were killed when a storm swept over Dharmapasha upazila in the early hours of yesterday, said Sunamganj Police Superintendent Mohammad Harun-Or-Rashid.
The deceased were Kasu Mia, 40, son of late Lalu Mia, of Rajapur village, Bithi Akter, 10, daughter of Shafiqul Mia, of the same village, Shamsu Mia, 60, son of late Santu Mia, of Madhupur village, Dud Mia, 65, son of late Zamir Ali, of Jagannathpur village of Madyanagar.
Locals said the violent storm had hit the district at about 12:30am and lasted for about half an hour.
The storm uprooted hundreds of trees and flattened many mud-built houses in the district.
Farzana Begum, a resident of Goniganj village under Sadar upazila, said he had not witnessed such violent storm in the last couple of years.
According to UNB, an old woman was killed when a nor’wester lashed Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet on Sunday night.
The deceased was identified as Alfatunnesa, 60, wife of late Yakub Ali of Gurutpur village in the upazila.
In Naogaon, Abu Isa, 14 of Baludanga area in the district town was killed when a storm swept over the district on Sunday night.
Besides, a minor boy was killed when a branch of tree collapsed on him while he was sleeping during the nor’wester that swept over the district on Sunday night.
