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Mother, son killed after uprooted tree falls on house in Chittagong
A mother and son died in Chittagong after an uprooted tree fell on their house as cyclone Roanu hit coast of Bangladesh.
Published : 21 May 2016, 09:08 AM
Updated : 21 May 2016, 09:08 AM
The deaths were reported from the district’s Sitakunda Upazila on Saturday.
The victims have been identified as 48-year-old Kajal Begum and her 10-year-old son Belal Hossain Babu.
Locals said that the deaths occurred around 4:30am when gusty winds uprooted a tree, which fell on the house.
“The mother and son died in their house that was reduced to rubble,” Sitakunda Upazila administration chief (UNO) Nazmul Hossain Bhuiyan told bdnews24.com.
The bodies were pulled out from the damaged house around 10am, said Sitakunda police OC Iftekhar Hossain.
Cyclonic storm Roanu has made a landfall around 1:30pm and crossed the Chittagong coast of Bangladesh as it weakens causing heavy rains, says the Met office.
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