CALCUTTA, India — Heavy rains caused deadly mudslides and slowed rescue efforts Wednesday after Cyclone Aila pounded India and Bangladesh, killing at least 191 people.
The cyclone destroyed thousands of homes and stranded millions of people in flooded villages before it began to ease Tuesday. The death toll will likely rise in both countries as rescue workers reach cut-off areas.
Soldiers have been deployed to take food, water and medicine to thousands of people stranded in flooded villages, Bangladeshi Minister Abdur Razzak told reporters Wednesday. In India rescuers evacuated more than 41,000 people by Wednesday, Dasgupta said.
The cyclone also caused damage in the Sundarbans, home to one of the world’s largest tiger populations. Conservationists expressed concern over the tigers’ fate.
by the associated press
The cyclone destroyed thousands of homes and stranded millions of people in flooded villages before it began to ease Tuesday. The death toll will likely rise in both countries as rescue workers reach cut-off areas.
Soldiers have been deployed to take food, water and medicine to thousands of people stranded in flooded villages, Bangladeshi Minister Abdur Razzak told reporters Wednesday. In India rescuers evacuated more than 41,000 people by Wednesday, Dasgupta said.
The cyclone also caused damage in the Sundarbans, home to one of the world’s largest tiger populations. Conservationists expressed concern over the tigers’ fate.
by the associated press
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