More than 100 people were killed and some 300 went missing in Bagerhat district. Besides, hundreds of people were wounded and thousands of houses flattened in the coastal district, police said.


Bagerhat's Swarankhola upazila alone reported 200 people missing.


Some 110 deaths were reported from Patuakhali, another worst-hit coastal district. At least 40 people remained missing in the district.


46 people died in Kalapara upazila alone, followed by 29 in Dashmina. Acting police super of Patuakhali confirmed the toll.


The cyclone killed at least 57 people and injured hundreds in Barguna, state-run Bangladesh Television reported, adding that thousands of houses were damaged by the nightlong storm.

Further details were not available immediately, as communications with the district remained cut off. A report from Barisal said casualty figures in Barguna could rise further

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