Storm kills three in Thakurgaon

THAKURGAON, June 01 (UNB): A 2.5-year-old child and two women lost their lives in a storm that lasted a few minutes early Saturday morning in Thakurgaon.
The two-and-a-half-year-old child drowned in accumulated rainwater.
The deceased were identified as Nayum, from Nayapara village, Farida Begum, 40, and Jaheda Bagum, 50, from Shaldanga village.
Farida was found under the debris from their tin roof. She was taken to the Baliadangi Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared her dead.
Jaheda Begum was sitting on the veranda during the storm. Her husband, Dabirul Islam, mentioned that his wife had been ill for a long time and likely suffered a stroke out of fear during the storm.
Nayum's father, Nazmul Islam, reported that his child fell into a water-filled ditch next to their house and drowned.
Several villages have been destroyed, and most areas in the district are facing power outages. The storm hit suddenly around 5 am and lasted for 10 to 12 minutes, with the most severe impact in Baliadangi Upazila, particularly in the Paria and Duoshuo unions, affecting 20 villages. Homes and trees were destroyed, impacting over a hundred families.
Trees fell on five shops and two eateries in the Adardighi market in Borobari Union.