In Bangladesh, about 1,50,000 people in Coastal areas have fled their homes following a storm surge whipping up a wall of water over the Bay of Bengal. The government has asked the main ports of Chittagong and Mongla to issue storm alerts and advised vessels to remain close to the shore and move with caution until further notice. The storm surge over the past two days has sent waves 1.5 metres high crashing into several towns and villages along the coast but so far there have been no reports of casualties. The surge breached embankments, washed away homes, flooded roads and knocked down electricity pylons and trees, cutting off several villages and leaving thousands homeless. Officials said in the southern town of Barguna, more than 100,000 people were affected by the surge, which inundated the town with water one metre high. They said another 50,000 people were stranded by flooding in Cox's Bazar, 400 kilometres south east of Dhaka.According to weather officials, the storm surge caused by a tropical cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, was likely to last a few more days.