Thirty-five killed as storm lashes Bangladesh

At least 35 people have been killed and 500 injured in a tropical storm that passed through northern Bangladesh overnight.

Officials said the storm, packing winds of 60 mph, tore through several villages in the districts of Gaibandha and Rangpur, flattening hundreds of houses, uprooting trees and electric poles, and damaging crops.

An official said the storm also made 10,000 people homeless.

Rural homes - mostly made of bamboo, straw and corrugated iron sheets - could not withstand the rain and wind.

Storms frequently hit Bangladesh during the summer, killing hundreds of people; Sunday's storm was this year's first.