Sixteen dead after cyclone batters Bangladesh and India

Millions of people in low-lying areas of Bangladesh and India on Monday surveyed the tangled wreckage left by a powerful cyclone that killed at least 16 people, destroyed thousands of homes, smashed seawalls and flooded cities.

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People walk along a beach during rainfall following the landfall of Cyclone Remal in Kuakata on May 27, 2024. Residents of low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh and India surveyed the damage on May 27 as an intense cyclone weakened into heavy storm, with at least two people dead, roofs ripped off and trees uprooted. -- Photo: Munir Uz Zaman / AFP

2024-05-28 11:28:03

Millions of people in low-lying areas of Bangladesh and India on Monday surveyed the tangled wreckage left by a powerful cyclone that killed at least 16 people, destroyed thousands of homes, smashed seawalls and flooded cities.

Winds and torrential rain still hammered residents as they tried to salvage what remained of their belongings, a day after Cyclone Remal made landfall with fierce gales and crashing waves.

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