At least seven people were killed in Cox’s Bazar and  Rangamati districts as severe cyclonic storm ‘Mora’ hit Cox’s Bazar-Chittagong coast near Kutubdia on Tuesday morning.
In Cox’s Bazar, four people were killed as tree collapsed on them in Chakaria and Sadar upazilas while a panicked woman, Mariam Begum, died of cardiac arrest at a cyclone centre at Jetty Ghat No 6 of the district town, deputy commissioner of Cox’s Bazar M Ali Hossain told reporters.
The four deceased were identified as Rahmatullah, 50, of East Domkhali, Sayera Khatun, 50, of East Borohaula in Chakaria upazila, Abdul Hanif, 40, of Pekua upazila and Shahina Akhter, 10, of Islambad in Sadar upazila. 
Besides, 20,000 houses were damaged during the cyclone, said the DC adding that they could not yet assess the total losses in damages caused by the cyclone.
In Rangamati, a schoolgirl, Zahida Sultana Nahima, and a woman, Hajera Begum, were killed in Asambasti and Vedvedi areas of Sadar upazila as tree branches fell on them in the morning, said officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station Abdur Rashid.
Besides, over 200 houses were damaged in the district town and electricity connections were snapped during the storm.
In Bagerhat, nearly 34,000 people of four upazilas –Sharankhola, Morelganj, Rampal and Mongla upazilas — who took shelter in asylum centres, returned home on Tuesday afternoon as the cyclone was weakening gradually, deputy commissioner of Bagerhat Tapan Kumar Bishwas said.
source – UNB
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Source: The Financial Express