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May
27, 2000
Narayanganj,
May 26 (UNB) – At least 30 people were injured as a violent storm
lashed the district Friday leaving a trail of devastation.
Of
the injured, Shamsul Huq, Shaheen, Nafijal, Rabbi and Mahfuza were
hospitalized with severe injuries.
Over
1,000 dwelling houses of 100 villages were damaged while a large
number of trees uprooted during the five-minute storms.
District
Fine Arts Institute collapsed and the tin-shed roof of National Club
was blown away by the twister.
Power
supply in most areas in the town snapped as two electric towers and
some poles collapsed.
DC
Abdur Rahman said sadar upazila was the worst effected.
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