PATUAKHALI, Bangladesh: An intense cyclone smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh on Sunday (May 26), with nearly a million people fleeing inland for concrete storm shelters away from howling gales and crashing waves.
A man uses an umbrella during rainfall in Kuakata on May 26: Cyclones have killed hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh in recent decades, but the number of superstorms hitting its densely populated coast has increased sharply PATUAKHALI, Bangladesh : An intense cyclone smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh on Sunday , with nearly a million people fleeing inland for concrete storm shelters away from howling gales and crashing waves.
Most of Bangladesh's coastal areas are a metre or two above sea level and high storm surges can devastate villages. "We want to ensure that a single life is not lost," said Bankim Chandra Hazra, a senior minister in India's West Bengal state. Bangladesh's disaster management secretary Kamrul Hasan said people had been ordered to move from"unsafe and vulnerable" homes.The authorities have mobilised tens of thousands of volunteers to alert people to the danger, but local officials said many people stayed home as they feared their property would be stolen if they left.
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