Six dead, 200 missing in Bangladesh storm

Six fishermen drowned and about 200 others were missing after a powerful storm sank at least 20 trawlers off Bangladesh’s southern coast, officials and survivors said today.

Six dead, 200 missing in Bangladesh storm

Six fishermen drowned and about 200 others were missing after a powerful storm sank at least 20 trawlers off Bangladesh’s southern coast, officials and survivors said today.

Rescuers found three bodies along the southern Cox’s Bazar coast, senior police official Ataul Kibria said. Villagers found three other bodies earlier today on Maheshkhali island in the Bay of Bengal.

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