Storm death toll rises in Bangladesh

Breaking Storm News: Bangladesh
Sept 23, 2006
The death toll from a tropical storm in the Bay of Bengal reached 87 Saturday as search for the missing fishermen continued amid heavy rains and rising waves, officials said.
Coast guard rescuers said hundreds of fishermen were still reported missing in the raging storm on Tuesday which hit scores of fragile fishing hamlets.
The overnight toll of 56 dead rose to 87 after 31 more bodies were recovered from the rough waters,
Local Red Cross officials said about 500 fishing trawlers remained untraced four days after gale winds whipped up high walls of water which also flooded several coastal districts.
The storm was triggered by a low in the Bay which also dumped heavy rains on the lush rice plains in southern Bangladesh.