BANGLADESH: Cyclone destroys more than 1,000 homes

Cyclone Fani has caused extensive damage in Bangladesh, despite weakening as it blew north from India.

More than 1,000 homes have been destroyed and entire villages submerged in the South Asian country.

At least five people died and 63 were injured.

With more than a million people evacuated to safety, the director of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said “fear of a major disaster is mostly over”.

The cyclone was downgraded to a depression as it swept north-eastwards from India into Bangladesh on Saturday, but was still powerful enough to submerge dozens of villages on the low lying coast.