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                         Cyclone Roanu Hits Bangladesh

   by VOA News

   Cyclone Roanu hit the coast of Bangladesh Saturday afternoon, traveling
   with speeds as high as 80 kilometers per hour.

   Authorities say tens of thousands of people have fled their homes to
   sit out the storm in more than 2,000 shelters.

   Officials say five people were killed in southern districts after
   Roanu's heavy rains caused extensive damage to the region's mud-and-tin
   houses.

   Shah Alam , a police inspector, told the French News Agency the rain
   caused a landslide in Sitakundu in Chittagong.  He said a mother and
   her young child were killed when their home was buried in the slide.

   The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority has restricted the
   movement of all vessels across the country.

   Roanu is expected to leave the region later Saturday.




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