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May
6, 2000
Kurigram,
May 5 (UNB)- Nor’westers coupled with hailstorms lashed four
upazilas of the district killing a man and injuring 15 people in last
few days.
The
dead was identified as Matiur, 14, of Mughalbasha union in Sadar
Upazila. He was killed by lightning while returning home during rain.
Six
of the injured were identified as Saleha, 38, Joymuddin Dewani, 50,
Matiur, 7, Abul, 5, of Newashi village, Hamida, 57, of Berubari
village and Hossain, 45, of Kaliganj village in Nageshwari upazila.
The
storm swept 23 villages in Nageshwari, Sadar, Chilmari and Roumari
upazilas causing extensive damage to standing crops on 300 hectares of
land.
Some
4,000 thatched and semi-pucca houses were damaged and 5,000 trees
uprooted by the tropical storm.
A
number of educational institutions, including Komorbhangi High School,
Charphulbari
Secondary
School, Jadurchar and Char Shoulmari colleges were razed to the
ground.
The
most affected areas included Badijamalpur, Gobardhankuti, Balatari,
Kalarbhita,Bamandanga, Kaliganj and Madarganj in Nageshwari,
Astamirchar, Natarkandi and Datiairchar in Chilmari and Mirzapara,
Dublabari and Karaikandi in Roumari upazilas.
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