SUNAMGANJ, Bangladesh The storm also leveled about 3,000 huts in four villages in the
northeastern district of Sunamganj, said Mozammel Haq, a local
Disaster Management and Relief Ministry official.
Most of the victims died when their bamboo and tin homes
collapsed on them, Haq said.
Sunamganj district is 110 miles northeast of Bangladesh's
capital, Dhaka.
Pre-monsoon storms, accompanied by high winds and lightning, are
common at this time of year in the South Asian country.
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