Bangladesh Orders Mass Evacuation as Cyclonic Storm Makes Landfall

Bangladesh Orders Mass Evacuation as Cyclonic Storm Makes Landfall
People wade through a flooded street amid continuous rain before the Cyclone Sitrang hits Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 24, 2022. Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters
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Bangladesh authorities have evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from the Cox’s Bazar coast to temporary storm shelters as the deadly Cyclone Sitrang made landfall in the country.

The cyclone claimed the lives of at least nine people on Tuesday, destroying houses and damaging power and communication lines in coastal villages, Reuters reported.
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