At least 20 dead after Cyclone Bulbul smashes into India, Bangladesh

Twenty people died and more than two million others spent a night huddled in storm shelters as Cyclone Bulbul smashed into the coasts of India and Bangladesh with fierce gales and torrential rains, officials said Sunday.

Bangladeshi passengers cover themselves with a scarf as they cross the Buriganga River by boat before Cyclone Bulbul made landfall.Five others are missing after a fishing trawler sank in squally weather on Meghna river near the southern island of Bhola, district administrator Masud Alam Siddiqui said.

"It has turned into a deep depression, causing heavy rainfall," Bangladesh weather bureau deputy chief Ayesha Khatun told AFP.Bulbul hit the coast at the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest which straddles Bangladesh and India, and is home to endangered species including Bengal tigers and Irrawaddy dolphins.

Around 1,500 tourists were stranded on St. Martin's island off southeastern Bangladesh after boat services were cancelled.In India, nearly 120,000 people who were evacuated started to return home as the cyclone weakened, authorities said.

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