Bangladeshi authorities sent in more food and emergency supplies to the country's north today as the death toll from a violent storm rose to 66.
The toll was expected to rise further as many of the 2,000 people injured in the storm are in critical condition.
Hospitals were crammed with hundreds of people seeking treatment for injuries caused by flying debris. Many were hit by corrugated tin ripped off the roofs; others broke their legs or hands or were found half buried in swampy rice fields, witnesses said.
They said tens of thousands of people were made homeless when the tornado-speed winds tore through at least 20 villages in Mymensingh and Netrokona districts.
Officials suggested the wind speed could have been more than 250 kph (150 mph), and the Dhaka meteorology office said the storm was probably a tornado.
Storms and tornadoes are common in densely populated Bangladesh during the hot season, sometimes killing hundreds of people.