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110 Dead as Cyclone Slams Eastern India, Bangladesh

   VOA News 14 April 2010
   A  villager  fixes  his damaged house near Karadighi in North Dinajpur
   district of West Bengal state, India, 14 Apr 2010

Photo: AP

   A  villager  fixes  his damaged house near Karadighi in North Dinajpur
   district of West Bengal state, India, 14 Apr 2010

   A  cyclone  has hit eastern India and Bangladesh, killing at least 110
   people and destroying more than 60,000 homes.
   The  storm  ripped  across  India's  West  Bengal and Bihar states and
   neighboring parts of Bangladesh late Tuesday.
   Four  of  the  deaths  were reported in Bangladesh, including a police
   officer who was crushed under a wall.
   The  cyclone  packed winds of up to 120 kilometers an hour, destroying
   power  and  telephone  lines  and  uprooting  trees  in Bihar and West
   Bengal.
   Indian  authorities  are  rushing  aid  to  cyclone-hit areas, and the
   homeless are being shifted to temporary shelters.
   The  Bay  of  Bengal  region  is  frequently  battered  by  storms and
   cyclones.
   In  2007, Cyclone Sidr killed more than 3,500 people in Bangladesh and
   displaced 2 million others.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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