The widespread evacuation that took place before the hurricane hit the western coast of Bangladesh is said to have saved lives, but the extent of the losses and damages cannot be fully assessed until communications are fully restored, according to Reuters.
“The situation was terrible; it appeared like the sea was about to swallow us up.
After finding the contacts in his neighbourhood, Mizan Al-Rahman, a resident of Bahula Island, said, “we spent a night without sleep, all we could do was pray.
The hurricane originated in the Bay of Bengal and was accompanied by winds that might reach 88 km/hr and waves that were nearly three metres high. Low-lying coastal regions were inundated.
According to officials, the coastal areas were inundated and the majority of the phone and electrical cables were down.
The majority of fatalities were caused by tree-related accidents.
Since more over a million Rohingya refugees reside in the nearby shelters, there was little structural damage to the refugee camps in southeast Bangladesh.
Authorities urged the 32,000 Rohingya refugees who had relocated from the camps to a flood-prone island in Bay Bay to stay in their homes.
Heavy rains fell in the streets of the capital, Daka, causing water to be immersed in some roads and disrupted passengers.
Eastern India’s Western Bengal state was also impacted by the hurricane.
In South Asia, incidents of extreme weather have grown recently, resulting in extensive damage.
Environmental protection activists caution that climate change may increase the frequency of disasters, particularly in nations with a high population, like Bangladesh.
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