CHITTAGONG: A cyclone ripped into the Bangladeshi coast Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people hunkered down in evacuation shelters, including in a region of Myanmar torn by communal unrest.

Two people died as Cyclone Mahasen hit Bangladesh’s southern Patuakhali coast, officials said, while heavy rains and strong winds also lashed neighboring Myanmar’s northwest coast, home to tens of thousands of displaced Muslim Rohingya.

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