Storms kill 15 Bangladeshis, thousands homeless

At least 15 people were killed and 50 others were injured by lightning during hailstorms in Bangladesh on Sunday, police and disaster management officials said. Several thousand people were also made homeless as hundreds of houses were hit by the storms sweeping through four districts in the northern Mymensingh region.

Bangladesh's Meteorological Department raised further storm alerts across the country for the next 24 hours. (Reuters)