Cyclone Sitrang causes damage in parts of Bangladesh and northeast India
Updated On Oct 25, 2022 06:31 PM IST
- Cyclone Sitrang, which made landfall in southern Bangladesh late Monday, weakened into a depression over northeast Bangladesh, north-northeast of Agartala, and south-southwest of Shillong in India. Several houses in Assam's Nagaon district were damaged by heavy rainfall caused by the cyclone. Due to the cyclonic storm on Monday night, a lot of trees and electric poles were uprooted across Assam. According to the India Meteorological Department, most places in northeast India will see light to moderate rainfall.
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Dark clouds hover in the sky as a fisherman folds his fishing net before the landfall of Cyclone Sitrang, in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Monday. (PTI)
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Workers in Kolkata anchor a ferry on the banks of the Ganga as a precautionary measure ahead of the cyclone's landfall.(PTI)
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A woman wades through clogged tidal water after cyclone Sitrang hit in West Bengal's Kalapara.(AFP)
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People wait at the gate of a mosque as streets in Dhaka are flooded before cyclone Sitrang hit the country.(REUTERS)
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A woman wades through waterlogged streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh. (REUTERS)
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A flooded street in Bangladesh. (REUTERS)
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Residents search for their belongings amid the debris of their collapsed huts after the cyclone Sitrang hit Bangladesh's Chittagong on Tuesday. (AFP)(AFP)
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A man walks past a makeshift bamboo gate uprooted due to strong winds under the impact of Cyclone Sitrang, in Agartala on Tuesday. (ANI)
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