05 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2019 world

Cyclone Bulbul smashes into ,

Bangladeshi troops were sent to coastal districts while tens of thousands of packed winds of up to 120 kilometres (75 miles) per hour when it Bangladesh’s low-lying coast, home to 30 million people, and India’s east are volunteers went door-to-door and used loudspeakers to urge people to evacuate made landfall regularly battered by cyclones their villages

dled in storm shelters as Cyclone weather on Meghna river near Sundarbans, the world’s largest to return home as the cyclone Fourteen people died Bulbul smashed into the coasts the southern island of Bhola, mangrove forest which strad- weakened, authorities said. • of India and Bangladesh with district administrator Masud dles Bangladesh and India, and “The storm has left a trail of fierce gales and torrential rains, Alam Siddiqui said. is home to endangered species The storm has left a destruction as it’s crossed the The cyclone officials said Sunday. The cyclone also damaged including Bengal tigers and Ir- trail of destruction coastline of ,” the packed• winds of up The cyclone packed winds of some 4,000 mostly mud and tin- rawaddy dolphins. as it’s crossed the state’s Urban Development Min- to 120 kilometres (75 up to 120 kilometres (75 miles) built houses, disaster manage- The mangroves shielded the coastline of West ister Firhad Hakim said. miles) per hour per hour when it hit late Satur- ment secretary Shah Kamal said. coast from the storm’s full im- Bengal Bangladesh’s low-lying coast, day, closing ports and airports in In coastal Khulna, the worst- pact, Khatun said. home to 30 million people, and both countries. hit district in Bangladesh, trees India’s east are regularly bat- Around 1,500 tourists Seven people were killed in swayed violently and were ‘Trail of destruction’ FIRHAD HAKIM tered by cyclones. were• stranded on St. India’s West Bengal state, the ripped from the ground in the Some 2.1 million people across URBAN DEVELOPMENT MINISTER Hundreds of thousands of Martin’s island off Press Trust of India reported, fierce storm, blocking roads and Bangladesh were relocated to people living around the Bay southeastern Bangladesh including two after uprooted hampering access to the area. cyclone shelters. of Bengal have been killed in trees fell on their homes and Some low-lying parts of the Troops were sent to coastal cyclones in recent decades. another after being struck by district were flooded, disaster districts while tens of thousands While the frequency and in- In India, nearly falling branches in . management minister Enamur of volunteers went door-to-door could not bring them here. Allah tensity of the storms have in - 120,000• people An eighth person died under a Rahman said. and used loudspeakers to urge knows what is happening there,” creased, partly due to climate were evacuated collapsed wall in nearby Authorities said the cyclone people to evacuate their villages. the 30-year-old mother of three change, the death tolls have state. was weakening as it moved in- “We spent the night with an- said. come down because of faster In Bangladesh, six people land. other 400 people,” said Ambia Around 1,500 tourists were evacuations and the building of AFP | Khulna, Bangladesh were killed -- five by falling trees “It has turned into a deep de- Begum, who arrived at a shelter stranded on St. Martin’s island thousands of coastal shelters. -- and at least 20 people were pression, causing heavy rainfall,” in the port town of Mongla late off southeastern Bangladesh af- was the most ourteen people died and injured. Bangladesh weather bureau dep- Saturday along with her family. ter boat services were cancelled. powerful storm to hit the area more than two million Five others are missing after uty chief Ayesha Khatun said. “I am worried about my cattle In India, nearly 120,000 peo- in years when it struck in May, Fothers spent a night hud- a fishing trawler sank in squally Bulbul hit the coast at the and the straw roof of my house. I ple who were evacuated started killing 12 people.