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Nor’wester damages 40 houses in Chapainawabganj

| Updated: May 27, 2020 21:35:08


Nor’wester damages 40 houses in Chapainawabganj

At least 40 houses were damaged after a nor’wester hit two villages in Gomostapur upazila of Chapainawabganj on Monday night.
 
Mizanur Rahman, Rohonpur union parishad member, said that the seasonal storm lashed Kajigram and Kolokolia villages shortly after evening.
 
The storm damaged around 60 houses, at least one hundred trees and several electric poles, UNB reported.
 
But Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mizanur Rahman said that at least 40 houses were damaged in the storm.
 
A list will be made of the affected people to help them, he said.
 
Nor'wester, locally known as Kal-boishakhi, usually blows over Bangladesh in April and May. It coincides with the setting of the summer season. 

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