India, Bangladesh Cyclone Toll Reaches to 60

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 4:00 pm

DHAKA: The death toll from a cyclone that slammed into Bangladesh and east India rose to at least 60 on Tuesday as emergency relief supplies were rushed to affected villages, officials said.

Cyclone Aila triggered a tidal surge of four metres (13 feet) when it made landfall on Monday, leaving at least 25 people dead in Bangladesh and 35 dead in India.

Hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes in the storm, which also hit the major Indian city of Kolkata, bringing down trees and electricity towers.