Cyclone Strikes Bangladesh, Thousands Flee
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KHULNA, BANGLADESH — A powerful cyclone packing 150 mph winds slammed into Bangladesh last night, flattening homes, toppling trees, and power poles, and forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee for shelters in this low-lying nation. Tropical Cyclone Sidr swept in from the Bay of Bengal, buffeting the southwestern coastal areas within a 155-mile radius of its eye with heavy rain and storm surges predicted to reach 20 feet high. No casualties were immediately reported. Sidr’s eye crossed the Khulna-Barisal coast near the Sundarbans mangrove forests, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said.
