Some villages on the south coast were flattened by the storm

Officials have warned that the death toll could rise and that the extent of the damage is still unclear.

Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated or sought safe shelter before the storm hit the coast, but some were left behind.

The storm was weakening early Friday as it passed through the capital, Dhaka.

With the worst of the storm thought to be over, attention now turns to assessing the damage and distributing aid, the BBC's Mark Dummett reports from Dhaka.

 Source : BBC Science News