No casualties reported in northeast India
Dhaka, May 30 (IANS): At least six persons were killed in Bangladesh after Cyclone Mora wreaked havoc in the country's south-eastern coast on Tuesday leaving behind a trail of damaged houses and trees.
Authorities were battling to evacuate more than half a million people from the coastal areas. Four persons were killed after they were hit by falling trees in Cox's Bazar district and Rangamati town, bdnews24 reported.
One child died in Bhola district while moving into a cyclone shelter while a woman died of a heart attack during the storm.
The powerful storm made landfall around 6 a.m. in Kutubdia, near the fishing port of Cox's Bazar, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said.
Cyclone Mora was likely to move further in a northerly direction, the BMD said.
Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader told the media in Dhaka that around 20,000 houses were damaged.
As many as 300,000 people were taken to shelters in over 10 districts most vulnerable to the cyclone, Additional Secretary Golam Mostafa, a spokesman for the Disaster Management Ministry's control room, was quoted as saying by bdnews.
"The people were moved out to at least 400 cyclone shelters or safer places like schools and government offices in the coastal areas," a Disaster Management Ministry spokesman said.
Significant damage was reported in refugee camps housing Rohingya Muslims from neighbouring Myanmar, BBC reported.
The districts at risk were Cox's Bazar, Chittagong, Noakhali, Lakshmipur, Feni, Chandpur, Barguna, Patuakhali, Bhola, Barisal and Pirojpur.
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