Over 100 fishermen missing in bay of Bengal as cyclone hit

Over 100 Rohingya fishermen remained missing after 12th November’s Cyclone hit that lashed the coastal belt of Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh, said our correspondent from Cox’s Bazar.
Our correspondent further added that bodies of 2 fishermen were washed ashore on 13th November. Some fishing boats and trawlers while fishing in Bay of Bengal were hit and damaged by rough waves and strong gale-force winds. Some fishermen who returned from the Bay said that they saw 3 bodies were floating on the sea.

The local boats owner of Cox’s Bazar claimed that at least 25 trawlers with around 150 fishermen, of them over100 are Rohingyas, are still missing. The cyclone inundated vast tracts of lands in the southern region of Bangladesh, damaging farmlands and shrimp bed, our sources said.

5 to 7 feet tidal surge swept through some coastal areas during the cyclone. Naval forces have been ordered to search for the missing fishermen, reported in the Daily Star Newspaper on 14th November.

The missing fishermen are mostly unofficial and official refugees, sources added.