Storms wreak havoc in S. Asia, N. America

DHAKA, Bangladesh/VALLEY VIEW, Texas — A cyclone flooded coastal villages, blew away thatched roofs and left hundreds of thousands of people without power on Monday in southern Bangladesh and eastern India, while powerful storms killed at least 18 people and left a wide trail of destruction across the US Southern Plains and Ozarks.

Dozens of Bangladeshi villages were flooded after flood embankments were either washed away or damaged by the storm surge, TV stations reported. Nearly 800,000 people had been evacuated from vulnerable areas in Bangladesh on Sunday.

The death toll from the cyclone has risen to at least 10 people, with more than 30,000 homes destroyed and tens of thousands more damaged, local officials said on Monday.