Bangladesh Cyclone Kills 317
Associated Press
DHAKA, Bangladesh —
A powerful cyclone lashed low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh and eastern India, killing at least 317 people and destroying crops ready for harvest, officials and news reports said today.
Unidentified officials told an Indian news agency that the death toll could be as high as 870. At least 275 fishermen were reported missing in Bangladesh from Tuesday’s storm that packed 140-m.p.h. winds and heavy rain and whipped tidal waves up to 15 feet. Several hundred mud huts used as homes by fishermen were destroyed.
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