<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Heavy rains and strong winds brought by Cyclone Remal  have lashed the costal districts in the country, leaving at least eight people dead, flooding villages and uprooting  trees.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Eight people died in Patuakhali, Barishal, Bhola and Satkhira districts on Sunday night and Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>The violent storm disrupted power supply to coastal districts, leaving over 2 crore people without power since Sunday night.</div><div><br></div><div>Power supply to 2.22 crore consumers of the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB), out of its total 3.58 crore, has been suspended following the landfall of cyclone Remal on Sunday, according to a BREB official.</div><div><br></div><div>He said mainly the power transmission was halted to those cyclone-hit areas as part of a cautionary measure to avoid any accident.</div><div><br></div><div>According to primary report received from Bagerhat, the cyclone's fury has damaged homes, uprooted trees, broken electric poles and severed power lines, leaving nearly 500,000 residents without electricity since Sunday night.</div><div><br></div><div>On Sunday night, embankments in several areas were breached, inundating villages with tidal waters.</div><div><br></div><div>Deputy Commissioner Md. Khalid Hossain confirmed the preliminary data, indicating that 10,000 families have been stranded and 45,000 homes have been destroyed.</div><div><br></div><div>In Khulna over 100 shrimp enclosures in Khulna's Koyra, Dacope and Paikgacha upazilas were washed away by tidal surges.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, at least 30 villages were inundated after the collapse  of dams in 9 places in these upazilas.</div><div><br></div><div>In Bhola, Dhal char, char Kukrimukri and Monpura went under 4/5 feet water, leaving over 25000 people marooned, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh has evacuated more than 800,000 people from the coastal regions. </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd/fas</div>