Three people, including a two-year-old child, have died during a cyclone Fani-caused storm in Noakhali and Barguna, taking the death toll in different parts of the country to 10 since Friday morning.
According to reports, an elderly woman and her young grandson died asleep as a tree fell on their home around 3:00am at Charduani village in Patharghata upazila of Barguna.
The dead were identified as Nur Jahan, 50, and her grandson Zahidul, 16, said Hanif Sikder, officer-in-charge at the Patharghata Police Station.
In Noakhali, a two-year-old child died as a wall collapsed on him in Subarnachar upazila in the early hours of Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Md Ibrahim, son of Abdur Rahman from Char Aminul Haque village in Subarnachar, said Iqbal Hasan, upazila project implementation officer.
Another 30 were injured red in Noakhali during the storm last night, he said, adding that they have been admitted to the local upazila health complex.
Fears of a major disaster have already gone away as the very severe cyclone Fani has weakened into a cyclone before moving over parts of the country from India.
Cyclones typically quickly lose power as they move inland.
Recent technological advances have helped meteorologists forecast weather patterns more accurately and prepare before any looming disaster.
As such, India and Bangladesh evacuated to safety millions of people in efforts to minimise the casualties and took up huge preparations to tackle the post-calamity situation.
