Saturday 21 May 2016

Bangladesh: Twenty people were killed and half a million displaced by the hurricane, "Ruano"



Dhaka (Ina) - Hurricane "Ruano" on Saturday, in the killing of at least twenty people on the coast ofBangladesh, and forced half a million people to flee their winds winds and torrential Omtarh. 
Authorities evacuated half a million people to avoid the hurricane , which struck the coast Saturday afternoon (6.00 GMT), specifically the area around the towns of Barisal (South) and the Chittagong (south - east), with winds ranging speed between 62 and 88 kilometers per hour. 
It seemed that the situation was improving on Saturday evening , with the possibility of the return ofIDPs to their homes, according to authorities. 
quotes AFP Raed Ahmed , head of the disaster management Authority in Bangladesh , saying that "many people are returning to their homes with a calm wind." 
the authorities closed the river and seaports, and has asked the fishing boats and other vessels inherent sidewalks. 
the total level of water in several villages south of the country meter and a half m. 
the Bangladesh authorities reported late Friday that it is ready to evacuate more than two million to four thousand refuge in the south of the country.

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