Two killed, 35 hurt as storm lashes Sunamganj, Jhenidah

At least two people were killed and 35 others injured as nor'wester lashed Sunamganj and Jhenidah districts yesterday and the day before.
In Sunamganj, a storm coupled with hailstones hit Jamalganj, Derail, Dharmapasha and Tahirpur upazilas on Wednesday evening, leaving two people killed and 15 others injured, reports our Moulvibazar correspondent. 
The deceased are Ambar Ali, 55, of Hotamara village in Jamalganj upazila, and Ezazul Haque, 21, son of Jaha Alam of Natun Hati village in Tahirpur.
The seasonal storm damaged crops on around 9,000 acres of land in Derail, Jamalganj, and Dharmapasha upazilas.
Witnesses said Ambar Ali died on the spot as a storm coupled with hails swept through  Bochhai embankment of Pakna haor in Jamalganj upazila when he was returning home from Dirai upazila at around 6:00pm. At least nine people were also injured during the storm.
The injured were admitted to the upazila health complex and different hospitals, said Maksudul Haque, acting agriculture officer of Jamalganj upazila.
The storm also damaged crops on 4,000 acres of land, he said. 
On the other hand, a storm lashed areas in Tahirpur upazila, leaving Ezazul dead on the spot and five others injured in a paddy field, said Md Shahid Ullah, officer-in-charge of Tahirpur Police Station.  
Standing crops on 5,000 acres of land were damaged by the storm, said Ranadhir Chowdhury, deputy agriculture officer of Dirai upazila. 
Away in Jhenidah, a nor'wester swept through 10 villages in Kaliganj upazila early yesterday, leaving at least 20 people injured and damaging 120 houses, reports our correspondent.
The affected villages include Kharikadanga, Kamalhat, Ghoshpara, Kola, Ramchandrapur, Talian, Rakra Bittipara, Khalkula and Daspara.
Of the injured, Maria Khatun, wife of Shafikul Islam of Ramchandrapur village, was admitted to the upazila health complex while the rest were given first aid. 
Gopal Chandra Biswas, a farmer of Kamalhat village, said vegetables on his two bighas of land were damaged by the storm that lashed the area at around 4:00am.
The storm destroyed over 100 houses, crops on two hectares of land and uprooted a number of trees, said Mosharraf Hossain, agriculture officer of Kaliganj upazila.