Cyclone Mora, which hit the Bangladesh coast with wind speeds of more than 100 km per hour, has damaged more than 200 homes in Cox's Bazar.
Published : 30 May 2017, 11:23 AM
The severe cyclonic storm that prompted authorities to raise the highest warning level -- Great Danger Signal No. 10 -- made landfall around 6am on Tuesday at Kutubdia, an offshore island of Cox's Bazar.
Over 150 houses have been damaged by the storm in the St Martin's Island.
"At least 70 percent of the homes have been destroyed and a lot of trees have been uprooted," St. Martin's Union Council Chairman Noor Ahmed told bdnews24.com.
He said the storm hit the island around 6am. Until 8am, strong winds with rains continued in St. Martin's Island, some 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf peninsula and the southernmost part of Bangladesh.
Some damages have been reported from Cox's Bazar Teknaf Upazila, the southern tip of mainland Bangladesh.
Several homes have been damaged at the Sabrang Union Council, said its Chairman Nur Hossain, but he could not say whether there were any casualties.
Cox's Bazar Meteorological Department office said that it had been drizzling across the district before the cyclone made landfall around 6am, uprooting trees in the town.
The district's disaster management office said that more than 200,000 people were moved to the 538 cyclone shelters.
The local administration said 88 medical units, 6,010 local volunteers and 15,000 Red Crescent volunteers were kept on standby.