25 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, IndiaBangladesh launched a major rescue and relief operation after a cyclone slammed into the coast killing at least 15 people and 10 in neighbouring India, officials said. Most of the casualties in Bangladesh were reported to be children who had drowned as Cyclone Aila triggered a tidal surge of four metres (13 feet) when it made landfall land·fall n. 1. The act or an instance of sighting or reaching land after a voyage or flight. 2. The land sighted or reached after a voyage or flight. on Monday. Some 330,000 people were marooned and military and civil defence teams were helping to deliver food, water and emergency shelters, the government in Dhaka said. "The situation is very grim. These people are homeless. Their homes have been destroyed," area chief Kazi Atiur Rahman Atiur Rahman is a Bangladeshi economist and a former director of the state-owned Sonali Bank,[1] the largest in Bangladesh.[2] In 2001, he became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Janata Bank,[1] the second-largest in the country. told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. via telephone from the coastal district of Khulna district Khulna District is a district of Bangladesh. It is located in the Khulna Division. Administration
Khulna is under jurisdiction of Jessore Education Board. This board varies our SSC and HSC standard. , close to the border with India. "We've lost at least 50,000 bamboo and mud-built houses which have been washed away by tidal water." Rahman said the tidal surge of sea water meant demand for fresh drinking supplies was urgent. In neighbouring Koyra district, 20,000 houses had been destroyed by strong winds of up to 90 kilometres (56 miles) an hour, local official Arif Pasha said. "People have taken shelter wherever they could. District authorities have sent army, navy and coastguard teams to rescue some of the people trapped by the water," he said. Bangladesh police and officials in affected districts told AFP by phone that at least 15 people were dead, but warned the toll could rise as rescue teams were yet to reach some of the worst-hit coastal villages. In India's West Bengal West Bengal: see Bengal. West Bengal State (pop., 2001: 80,176,197), northeastern India. It is bordered by Nepal and Bangladesh and the states of Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, Assam, and Meghalaya and has an area of 34,267 sq mi (88,752 sq km); , the cyclone hit the crowded state capital of Kolkata, bringing down trees, electricity towers and smashing cars. Five people died in the city, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said. The low-lying region in the north of the Bay of Bengal Noun 1. Bay of Bengal - an arm of the Indian Ocean to the east of India Andaman Sea - part of the Bay of Bengal to the west of the Malay Peninsula Indian Ocean - the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east frequently experiences tropical storms and cyclones during the monsoon monsoon (mŏns  n) [Arab., mausium=season], wind that changes direction with change of season, notably in India and SE Asia. season.
In 2007, more than 3,500 people were killed when Cyclone Sidr hit the same districts. 
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