Five killed in Bangladesh tropical storms
At least five people have been killed in tropical storms which battered parts of northern Bangladesh, flattening thousands of houses.
Almost 5,000 people were left homeless and 250 injured after the storms in Kurigram and Rangpur, two districts 150 miles north of the capital, Dhaka.
The Sangbad and Prothom Alo newspapers report that two women and a child drowned when their boat sank in the Brahmaputra River in Kurigram.
At least 50 people were injured by dislodged tin roofs or falling tree branches, the reports said.
Two farmers died after being struck by lightning in Rangpur, where 3,000 mud-and-thatched or tin-roofed houses were smashed and nearly 200 people were injured, the reports said.
Storms killed 12 people and injured 200 in other parts of northern Bangladesh on Saturday.
Officials in the affected regions could not be reached by phone.
