At least 13 people were killed and 70 injured when a storm lashed parts of northern Bangladesh on Sunday, local officials and reporters said. They said the storm, with winds estimated at 90 km per hour (60 mph), ripped through several villages in Gaibandha district, flattening hundreds of houses, uprooting trees and electric poles and damaging crops. Police said they could not yet confirm the number of casualties as rescue teams had not reached the affected areas because of fallen trees and debris.
"We are unable to get into the battered villages at night due to bad roads and darkness," one police officer told reporters in the nearby Bogra district.
It was the first major storm in Bangladesh this year, officials said. Storms frequently hit Bangladesh during the summer months, killing hundreds of people.
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