As people rushed to safety ahead of cyclone Yaas, a baby boy was born at a shelter in Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila.
Sanjida, 22, gave birth to a boy, who was named Bellal, at Chandupara Government Primary School, used as a cyclone shelter, in Lalua union of the upazila on Wednesday morning.
Kalapara Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Chinmoy Hawlader said local health workers rushed to the shelter as soon as they learned about Sanjida’s condition and helped her to give birth through normal delivery.
“The mother and the baby are in good condition now. On-duty doctors are looking after them at all times,” he added.
Lalua Union Parishad Chairman Shawkat Hossain Tapan Biswas said: "On information, I rushed to the shelter to find the mother and son in good condition.
“They are still in the shelter as their houses have submerged in water. However, I am always keeping an eye on them in case they need anything.”
Also read - Bangladesh avoids brunt of Yaas
Hundreds of thousands of villagers along the low-lying coast of eastern India and Bangladesh were marooned by floodwaters on Thursday in the aftermath of a powerful cyclone that has killed at least five people, Reuters reported citing officials in both countries.
Authorities in Bangladesh reported flooding of villages due to heavy rains and tidal surges. Three people were dead, two by drowning and a third who was hit by a tree, an official at the Disaster Management Agency said.
Cyclone Yaas ripped through the eastern Indian state of Odisha on Wednesday packing gusts of up to 140 kph and whipping up tidal surges in neighbouring West Bengal state and Bangladesh even though they were not directly in its path.
Yaas had weakened on Thursday to a deep depression as it drove inland over the Indian state of Jharkhand.
