Death toll in Saturday’s storm in Bogra rises to 14
Bogra Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 05 Apr 2015 03:35 PM BdST Updated: 05 Apr 2015 04:31 PM BdST
Eleven people, injured during a powerful storm that ripped through Bogra on Saturday night, have died.
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This takes the death toll in the storm to 14 in the northern district.
Bogra’s Deputy Commissioner Shafiqur Reza Biswas said over 100 people were injured when they were buried under collapsed walls and trees during the storm.
Eleven people died between Saturday night and Sunday morning, said the district administration’s chief.
At least 85 persons are being treated at different local hospitals, he added.
Earlier on Saturday, just after the storm, two persons died in Bogra town and another in Shahjahanpur Upazila after walls collapsed on them.
Those who died have been identified as Aziron Khatun, 35, six-month-old ‘Neela’, Razab Ali, 15 and ‘Palash’, 18 of Bogra’s Sadar Upazila, Ismail Hossain, 38 and Azizul Haque, 35 at Kahalu Upazila, Asma Khatun, 43, at Gabtoli Upazila.
Three died at Shahjahanpur Upazila. They are Abdul Mannan, 28, Rabeya Begum, 65 and ‘Payel’, 18.
The storm left two dead in Shariyakandi Upazila— ‘Sujan’, 30 and Shanta Begum, 50 while Afzal Hossain, 38, was killed in Dhunat Upazila.
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