Cyclone Sitrang causes damage in parts of Bangladesh and northeast India

Cyclone Sitrang, which made landfall in southern Bangladesh late Monday, weakened into a depression over northeast Bangladesh, north-northeast of Agartala, and south-southwest of Shillong in India. Several houses in Assam's Nagaon district were damaged by heavy rainfall caused by the cyclone. Due to the cyclonic storm on Monday night, a lot of trees and electric poles were uprooted across Assam. According to the India Meteorological Department, most places in northeast India will see light to moderate rainfall.

Updated on Oct 25, 2022 06:31 pm IST 9 Photos
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Dark clouds hover in the sky as a fisherman folds his fishing net before the landfall of Cyclone Sitrang, in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Monday. (PTI)

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Workers in Kolkata anchor a ferry on the banks of the Ganga as a precautionary measure ahead of the cyclone's landfall.(PTI)

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A woman wades through clogged tidal water after cyclone Sitrang hit in West Bengal's Kalapara.(AFP)

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People wait at the gate of a mosque as streets in Dhaka are flooded before cyclone Sitrang hit the country.(REUTERS)

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A woman wades through waterlogged streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh. (REUTERS)

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