Death toll from Cyclone Aila rose to 94 following recovery of more bodies from different cyclone-battered coastal districts in Bangladesh. Of them, 23 were killed in Satkhira, 20 in Khulna, 18 in Noakhali, nine in Barisal, six in Patuakhali, five each in Laxmipur and Bhola, three in Narshindi, two each in Bagerhat and Chapainawabganj, and other one in Natore during and after the cyclone.
The cyclone Aila that hit the country’s coastal belt yesterday claimed 23 lives in Satkhira, according to unofficial reports.
District administration however put the initial death figure at 17 in the morning.
According to unofficial sources, at least 18 people were killed in the cyclone Aila in Hatiya and adjacent areas of the Noakhali district.
But the officer-in-charge of Hatiya Police Station confirmed only seven deaths in, adding four names to earlier figure.
He identified the latest victims as an infant and Rabi Das, 5, at Char Bashar; Sajib, 5, at Bandar Tila of Nijhum Dwip, and Ambia, 55, at Boyar Char.
Unofficial sources identified the deceased as Rahela Begum, 26, and Nazma, 10, of Nijhum Dwip, Pantu, 15, Riyad, 7, Shafi, 6, Nafis, 27, Badsha, 3, Saleha Begum, 60, Sumita Roy, 25, and Mamata, 4, of Char Bashar, Rajib, 24, and Arif, 17, of Boyar Char, Farzana, 26, Jahir, 16, Sabbir, 15, Saju, 3, and an unidentified adolescent boy of Caring Char, and Maleka Khatun, 60, at Chairman Ghat shelter home.
In Laxmipur, the death toll from cyclone rose to five.
Of them, four were killed in house collapse in Ramgati upazila during the storm and one was washed away in Sadar upazila, according to the deputy commissioner's control room source.
The dead were identified as Amena Begum, 48, wife of Ayub Ali, and Shahida Begum, 11, of Chargazaria village, Russell, 13, and his brother Henju, 7, of Teliarchar village in Ramgati upazila and Shafiq, 35, of Shakchar village in Sadar upazila.
In Patuakhali, death toll rose to six today with four more deaths in separate places.
The deceased were identified as Razzaq, 55, of Baufal upazila, Mojijunnesa, 55, and Surjo Banu, 50, of Golachipa upazila and a nine-year-old girl Doli Rani of Dashmina upazila.
Local sources said Razzaq died of stroke when he reached at a shelter centre at Dhalia in Baufal upazila at 7:30pm yesterday.
The bodies of the two women and the girl, who drowned in floodwater on Monday, were recovered this morning.
A body was recovered today in Bhola raising the death toll of the district from the cyclone to five, reports our Barisal correspondent.
The deceased was identified as Idris Ali, 55.
Barguna DC Swapan Kumar Sarkar told The Daily Star this morning that a rescue team of naval forces started journey for the affected areas.
According to official sources, eight more bodies were recovered today in Mehendiganj upazila in Barisal bringing the district's death toll to nine.
Of the deceased, Setara Begum, 55, Abdul Latif, 60, and Julia, 4, were identified.
In Bagerhat, bodies of two women, who were washed away by the tidal surge when cyclone ‘Aila’ lashed the district yesterday, were recovered today.
The deceased were identified as Jahanara Begum, 80, of Tulatola of Morelganj upazila and Chandra Banu, 60, of Dakkhin Chathalbari of Shoronkhola upazila.
Besides, Over 2,000 thatched houses of low-lying areas in Sadar, Morelganj, Mongla, Rampal, Shoronkhola and Kachua upazilas of the district were inundated due to tidal surge of up to 5-6 feet above normal astronomical tide.
Four people were killed in Narsingdi as a boat, carrying them, capsized in Meghna river during the havoc of the cyclone.
In Chapainawabganj, a couple were killed in a rain-induced wall collapse in Nachole upazila.
The victims were identified as Fazlur Rahman, 51, and his wife Marzina Begum, 40, of Hatathpara village in the upazila, our Chapainawabganj correspondent reports.
Another one person was reportedly killed in Natore as ‘Aila’ lashed the district yesterday.
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