Storm over Bay of Bengal leaves 140 missing, news agency says
By the CNN Wire Staff
October 7, 2010 -- Updated 1635 GMT (0035 HKT)
(CNN) -- A rough storm in the Bay of Bengal left 10 boats and the some 140 people aboard them missing, according to Bangladesh's official news agency on Thursday.
Eight other boats capsized over the past two days, though the fishermen and crew on those vessels were rescued by other boaters nearby, the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha reported.
"We fear the trawlers lost their way due to the rough weather ... we are unaware of their fates but expect the weather to drift them towards the Indian coastlines," Hafizur Rahman, secretary of the Patharghata Trawler Workers Association, told the news agency.