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May
29, 2000
Magura,
May 28 (UNB)- Two persons were killed and 20 others injured in a
severe nor’wester that lashed 4 four thanas of the district this
(Sunday) morning.
Local
people said during the storm at 6 am Zahidul Islam, 14, a student of
class IX and Suruja Khatun, 30 of Sreepur thana died on the spot and
10 others were injured when struck by lightning. Some 10 other people
were also injured in house collapse.
Of
the injured, Kulsum Begum, 20, Manju, 40, Sharifa, 30 and Ujjal 20,
were rushed to the Magura Sadar Hospital.
Meanwhile,
25 educational institutions, about 1000 kutchha houses were razed to
the ground and a huge number of trees and electric poles were uprooted
in the storm. Standing crops on vast tracts of land have also been
damaged.
The
worst affected villages are Aksi, Gangnalia, Sangachha, Laskarpur,
Sreepur, Ghariapur, Takhalpur, Shalikha, Bunagati, Gangarampur, Birpur,
Isakhada.
Another
report from Shariatpur adds: A severe storm that hit the six upazilas
of the district this morning caused extensive damage to standing crops
and dwelling houses.
Local
people said over a thousand mud-houses were damaged at Bijhari Chamta
and Dingamanik unions in Naria upazila.
Agriculture
Extension Department sources said standing crops on 435 hectares of
land were submerged due to the heavy downpour.
Power
and telephone connections remained snapped in Vederganj, Damudya,
Goshairhat and Jajira upazilas since morning.
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