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Vol. 5 Num 1122 Fri. July 27, 2007  
   
Metropolitan


Tornado lashes 2 upazilas in Comilla


A tornado lashed some nine villages under two upazilas in the district yesterday damaging over 147 thatched houses and uprooting a large number of trees.

Power supply in the areas was also disrupted.

The affected villages are Poranpur, Barapara, Donpur at Bagmara union under Sadar Dakshin upazila and Dollpur, Monohorpur, Jogotpur , Syedpur under Mohorgong upazila.

The tornado, that started at around 11:00am, lasted for only three minutes.

The district administration has started assessing the damage and sending relief to the affected people.