BSS, Chuadanga :
A woman was killed and six others were injured during a nor’wester in Chuadanga district on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as Momena Khatun, 47, wife of Aminul Islam of Kurulgachi village in Damurhuda upazila.
The injured were identified as Aminul Islam, 48, Momena’s husband, Saidul Islam, 40, Yusuf Ali, 38, Abu Bakkar, 40, and Akkas, 33, all residents of Rudranagar in Damurhuda, and Fulsiratul Khatun, 42, of Shorabaria village in Sadar upazila.
The injured are being treated at Chuadanga Sadar Hospital.
Momena died on the spot when a tree fell on the tin-shed roof of their house during the storm, AHM Lutful Kabir, officer-in-charge (OC) of Darshana police station told BSS.
Six others were injured when the wall of a shop, where they took shelter in the School Para area of Rudranagar village, caved in on them, he said.
Fulsiratul sustained injuries when a branch of a tree fell on her head on the terrace of her house during the storm, said the OC.
The wind speed was recorded at 64 kilometers per hour and the rainfall was recorded at 10mm, said Samadul Haque, in-charge of the Chuadanga observatory of Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
