Name of Disaster: Nor'wester
Locations: Gaibandha and Joypurhat District of Bangladesh
Nor'wester storm killed one person and injured at least 32 others in Gaibandha and Joypurhat on 6 and 7 June, 2010.
Gaibandha District
An old woman was killed and 17 others were injured in Gaibandha as a nor'wester lashed two upazilas. The storm hit Gobindaganj and Sunderganj damaging over 200 dwelling huts and uprooting scores of trees. Four shops in Mohimaganj Bazar under the upazila were destroyed when a big banyan tree fell on the roofs. At least 30 schoolhouses, mosque and temples also collapsed during the nor'wester. Meanwhile, road communication between Dahabandh union and Sunderganj upazila snapped as a portion of the road washed away due to incessant rainfall in the last two days. Surging water even washed away the pavement of the road.
The badly affected areas are Kamarpara, Noontola, Ulipur Shakhahati, Mohimanaj Bazar under Gobindaganj upazila and Dahabandh, Ramjibon, Chapporhati, Sarbanada and Santiram under Sunderganj upazila.
