Cyclone Roanu

Cyclone Roanu leaves thousands of Bangladeshis homeless

The storm on Saturday ploughed through low-lying villages in the Chittagong and Barisal regions, where residents described seeing metres-high walls of water that caught some unaware.

Authorities evacuated more than 500,000 people to shelters before the cyclone hit with winds of up to 88 kilometres per hour. They later weakened.