Over 200 villages under water as levees break
Yaas on course to hit Indian coast today
With the severe cyclonic storm Yaas approaching, boats are moored along the bank of the Meghna at Tulatuli point of Bhola yesterday. Operation of water vessels remain suspended across the country as rivers continue to swell in coastal districts. Photo: Collected
Star Report
Star Report
Houses, crop fields, and structures in over 200 villages in Barguna, Patuakhali, Khulna, Satkhira and Noakhali have been inundated as embankments breached due to storm surges caused by cyclone Yaas.
Thousands of people have been affected.
Low-lying areas in the coastal zone were inundated as the full-moon tide was above three to six feet higher than normal yesterday, said the Met office.
The victim s body was brought back to the village around noon today, he said.
Rejaul was among nine honey collectors who went deep inside the swamp to collect honey on May 8 after collecting passes from the station, and were resting in Gorarkhal area on Friday evening in their boats, said Iyar Ali, who employed the honey collectors.
Rejaul and another honey collector had then gone into the forest which is when he was mauled by the tiger, which pulled him inside the forest.
Rejaul s companions, armed with oars and canes, then tried to rescue him and the tiger eventually left, he said.