AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND A DOZEN OTHERS WENT MISSING AS THE SUMMER'S FIRST TWISTER STRUCK THREE DISTRICTS OF CENTRAL BANGLADESH, CIVIL DEFENCE RESCUERS SAID SATURDAY, ACCORDIGN TO DPA. EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SAID THE POWERFUL TORNADO LEFT A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION LATE FRIDAY AS IT RAGED THROUGH REMOTE VILLAGES TEARING DOWN TREES, UPROOTING POWER LINES AND FLATTENING HOMES. THE SWIRLING DEBRIS INJURED NEARLY 200 PEOPLE WERE INJURED, HALF OF THEM NEEDING MEDICAL HELP. RESCUERS FOUND FOUR BODIES UNDER THE RUINS OF A FARM HOUSE WHICH HAD COLLAPSED IN THE WORST HIT TANGAIL DISTRICT. A WOMAN AND HER TEENAGE DAUGHTER WERE CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER A FALLEN TREE IN SIRAJGANJ DISTRICT, WHILE FLYING DEBRIS STRUCK FATALLY A 50-YEAR OLD FARMER IN GAZIPUR DISTRICT ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CAPITAL DHAKA. THE SEASONAL STRONG WINDS AND RAINS MADE ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS, DESTROYED SCHOOLS AND DISRUPTED ROAD LINKS. ---SP 22 06 LOCAL TIME 19 06 GMT
