1,000 die as typhoon rakes S.E. Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh More than 1,000 people were killed and millionslost their homes when a typhoon slammed into Bangladesh'ssoutheastern coast today with 145 m.p.h. winds and waves up to 20feet, officials and news reports said.

State-owned television said at least 800 people died in thecoastal districts of Cox's Bazaar, Noakhali and Bhola. Officials atthe Relief Ministry said 250 more people were killed on the islandsalong the coast and in the port city of Chittagong.

The storm roared in from the Bay of Bengal at about midnight andbattered 14 districts for more than seven hours, uprooting trees andripping apart telephone and power lines, said a Relief …