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The Associated Press
DHAKA,
Bangladesh - At least 12 people were killed and dozens more
injured Saturday when heavy rain and high winds lashed southern
and central Bangladesh.
Nearly
50 fishing boats with several hundred fishermen aboard were
missing in the Bay of Bengal after the storm whipped up
a 3-foot tidal surge.
The
storm leveled hundreds of mud and straw huts, uprooted trees
and destroyed rice and vegetable crops. Wind toppled electrical
poles and snapped wires, leaving many areas without power
for hours. Rice and vegetable crops were also damaged.
In the
capital, Dhaka, streets and houses were knee-deep in water.
Cars were stranded in flooded streets.
The
rainstorm, caused by a depression, weakened after crossing
the Bangladeshi coast and then moved northeast, the Meteorological
Office said.
Flooding
since Sept. 18 has affected nearly 4 million Bangladeshis.
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