About half of those who died were from the Chittagong region which bore the brunt of the storm, Disaster Management Depart ment head Reaz Ahmed said.
"Some 80,000 tin-and-mud-built homes were damaged by the storm in the coastal regions including 23,000 homes which were completely knocked down," Mr Ahmed said.
Authorities are sending relief supplies including rice and other dry food to affected areas, where many poor residents already have very little and scratch a living as