Cyclone Hamoon leaves three dead, hundreds of houses battered in Bangladesh

Record ID: 1747838

  • Title: Cyclone Hamoon leaves three dead, hundreds of houses battered in Bangladesh
  • Date: 25th October 2023
  • Summary: COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH (OCTOBER 25, 2023) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DESTROYED AND DAMAGED HOMES VARIOUS OF UPROOTED TREE LYING ACROSS ROAD ELDERLY MAN WITH CANE WALKING PAST DEBRIS METAL ROOF SHEETS AND DEBRIS ON GROUND (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) LOCAL VILLAGER AT COX’S BAZAR, NURJAHAN BEGUM, SAYING: “Last night the heavy wind took away my house made with corrugated sheets. We took shelter in another house. Everything is soaked in rainwater. Now what should I do, (I) don’t know.” BROKEN FURNITURE AND DEBRIS CHILDREN PLAYING IN A ROOFLESS SCHOOL ROOM FALLEN CORRUGATED FENCES, TUK TUKS UPROOTED TREES BLOCKING ROAD DAMAGED POWER LINES UPROOTED TREES BLOCKING ROAD (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) LOCAL VILLAGER AT COX’S BAZAR, NUR MOHAMMAD, SAYING: “The cyclone in the dark put us into deep trouble. People, especially the children, could not sleep. We have been starving since last evening. Some women cannot fix the mess as their husbands work overseas.” VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SALVAGING TIMBER FROM FALLEN TREES MEN CLEARING DEBRIS MAN PULLING PLASTIC SHEET ON ROOF VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SALVAGING TIMBER FROM FALLEN TREES FALLEN TREE ON ELECTRIC POWER LINE
  • Embargoed: 8th November 2023 10:01
  • Keywords: BANGLADESH CYCLONE CYCLONE HAMOON NATURAL DISASTER damaged homes debris uprooted trees
  • Location: COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH
  • City: COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH
  • Country: Bangladesh
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
  • Reuters ID: LVA001288125102023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Cyclone Hamoon moved into southeastern Bangladesh early Wednesday (October 25), bringing with it heavy winds and rains that battered hundreds of houses and left at least three dead.
    Thousands of trees were uprooted while houses built with corrugated sheets were destroyed by the power of the storm.
    Hundreds of tarpaulin-covered bamboo shanties in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar were also damaged, according to local officials.
    Authorities in Bangladesh said most people were evacuated to cyclone shelters in Cox’s Bazar before the storm made landfall, but many families who failed to reach the shelters were left to sleep outside under an open sky.
    Power supply and internet connection remained down as of Wednesday afternoon, and road links to many of the towns near the main city remained blocked.
    Cyclones are very common in the Bay of Bengal, especially during the pre- and post-monsoon period.
    Last year, Cyclone Sitrang barrelled into the nearby Chittagong district, flooding low-lying coastal areas and killing at least nine people.
    (Production: Mokammel Shuvo, Sam Jahan)
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