Storms wreak havoc in S. Asia, N. America
China DailyUpdated: 2024-05-28 09:26 A woman stands next to her damaged house after Cyclone Remal made landfall near a beach in Kuakata, Bangladesh, on Sunday. MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA, Bangladesh/VALLEY VIEW, Texas — A cyclone flooded coastal villages, blew away thatched roofs and left hundreds of thousands of people without power on Monday in southern Bangladesh and eastern India, while powerful storms killed at least 18 people and left a wide trail of destruction across the US Southern Plains and Ozarks. Cyclone Remal weakened considerably after making landfall in Bangladesh's Patuakhali district early on Monday morning with sustained winds of 111 kilometers per hour. Over the weekend, at least 18 people were killed across central United States as tornadoes and other extreme storms hit several states including Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Rescue efforts were continuing and hundreds of thousands of people were without power after the storms struck the Southern Plains region beginning late on Saturday.