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Storms lash three dists: 100 hurt

By Staff Correspondent
Storms lashed many parts of the country Monday Injuring more than 100 people and damaging houses and standing crops, according to reports available from affected areas.
Parts of Gazlpur. Sherpur and Kushtia districts were bat tered by storms accompanied by heavy rains. Normal life was paralysed In the areas.
The Meteorological office In Dhaka, however, had no In formation about the storm.
A severe storm hit four villages of Gazlpur district leaving at least 70 people In jured. two of them critically, a source quoting the victims told The Dally Star over tele-
phone.
He said that at least 200 houses, mostly thatchqd ones, collapsed and trees and crops were flatted by the storm at Purbachandora. Sha Rpur. Hablbganj and Azhpara villages under Kallakotr thana early Monday
The Ansar Academy Complex at Shafipur was also affected and parts of Its rest dentlal areas and nearly 20 picnic spots were damaged, the source added
The injured were given first aid at the Ansar Academy Hospital while the two criti rally Injured were rushed to Gaztpur and Dhaka
The storm which persisted less than two minutes also uprooted an electric pole and threw it on the Dhaka-Tangall highway disrupting traffic for more than three hours.
When contacted over telephone the Deputy Commissioner of Gazipur Musthflzur Rahman said that the extent of damage was not too great.
He said that the storm also battered a village of the sadar thana causing minor damages.
Rahman said that 18 sarees. 10 lungis and Tk 5.000 had been sanctioned for the victims.
UNB adds: that a storm which lashed the villages of Surjadf and Sutlrpar In Sherpur also damaged 500 dwelling houses. 50 betel leaf gardens and uprooted huge number of trees A vast tract of standing crops was also damaged
Meanwhile. heavy downpour during the last four days inundated fow-lying areas of 5 thanas of the district.
The direct road communications between Jamalpur and Sherpur remained suspended from Monday morning .as a
certain portion of the road was wasiw-d away al Pu ratio kan
Met office recorded 425 mm rainfall during the last four days
BSS adds: twenty twn people were Injured, two of them seriously and many pucca. seml-pucca buildings and dwelling houses damaged when a severe cyclonic storm alongwlth heavy rains lashed Bhcramara mid-night Sunday
The seriously injured per sons were admitted to a focal clinic The worst affected ar eas were Moslempur of Bahlrcahar Union and Satbarti of Dharampur Union
The heavy rainfall during he last 24 hours also caused extensive damage to crops
Many areas of Bhcramara pourashava were under kneedeep water due to the rains which also disrupted normal life