Cyclone Sitrang: 7 Killed In Bangladesh, Red Alert

At 2:30 p.m. IST on October 2,

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Cyclone Sitrang had weakened to a Deep Depression and was centred over Bangladesh

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90 kilometres northeast of Dhaka and 60 kilometres north-northwest of Agartala.

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Media outlets have reported that at least seven lives were lost in Bangladesh

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News agency AFP cited Nikhil Sarker, a spokesperson for the disaster ministry's control room

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as saying that the deaths had been reported from the districts of Barguna, Narail, Sirajganj

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On Monday, as cyclone Sitrang brought severe weather to the Cox's Bazar coast

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