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Summary The reports say most of the deaths occurred from lightning.
News reports say storms with heavy rains and strong winds have killed at least 17 people and injured dozens more in Bangladesh.Dhakas Prothom Alo and Janakantha newspapers say Fridays storms damaged mud-and-straw huts and felled trees in 10 of the countrys 64 districts.The reports say most of the deaths occurred from lightning. Some victims were buried under their collapsed houses.Official confirmation of the reports was not immediately available.Rainstorms are common in Bangladesh, a tropical delta nation of 160 million people.
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