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9 killed as nor'wester lashes five dists

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
At least nine people were killed and scores of others injured as nor'wester lashed different upazilas of Rajshahi, Sirajganj, Naogaon, Patuakhali and Laxmipur districts last night.
Official sources said the storm damaged hundreds of kutcha houses and standing crops particularly Irri and Boro and uprooted many trees and electric poles disrupting power supply in the areas.
Our correspondent from Sirajganj said, four people were killed and 50 others injured in a nor'wester that swept five upazilas of the district.
The dead were identified as Soma Shaikh, 36, and Abdus Sattar, 30, of village Kodla under Raiganj upazila. Lightning killed them on the spot. Abdul Hamid, 41, of Kalagari under Tarash upazila was killed when a tree fell on him during the storm. Another person, Ganga, 39, of Ullapara upazila was also killed in lightning.
Three persons including a woman were killed in lightning when storm hit six upazilas of northern Rajshahi and Naogaon districts, according to BSS.
Shahidjan, 45, of village Teghoria under Moharpur upazila of Rajshahi district died on the spot when a thunderbolt struck her house at about 8.30 am. Her husband Kashim Uddin, 60, and daughter Zobeda Begum, 25, were also injured seriously in the lightning.
One Sonatan Hasda, 30, of Tanore upazila of the district also died in lightning in his house during the storm.
In Naogaon, one elderly Akkel Ali, 72, died and two others were injured in a thunderbolt at Sultanpur under Raninagar upazila. Four more persons including a woman were injured at Mohadevpur upazila in the district in lightning. Two of them were admitted to RMCH.
Meanwhile, in Laxmipur one minor boy died and 50
houses were completely damaged in the storm that lashed three unions of Sadar and Ramgati upazilas on Sunday.
The victim was identified as Suman, 10, of village Char Jagabandhu under Ramgati upazila.
The badly affected unions are Mandari, Digoli and Hajirpara of Sadar upazila and Char Jagabandhu of Ramgati upazila.
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society distributed clothes and other relief materials among the victims.
UNB adds: In Patuakhali, a youth was killed and his father injured as nor'wester hit the district yesterday.
Locals said Aslam, 22, died on the spot and his father Ful Mia, 55, wounded when lightning stuck their boat in the Laukathi river here at about 12:30 pm.
Ful Mia was admitted to Sadar hospital.
Some 500 thatched houses were damaged in the storm that also uprooted electric poles suspending electricity supply.