At least 25 people were injured and over 100 structures including houses and schools damaged as a tornado tore into two villages in Sadar upazila of Meherpur early Monday.

The storm also snapped a number of trees and electricity poles in Chadbill and Jhaoubaria villages where it hit around 2:30am, reports our Kushtia correspondent quoting Mahmud Hossain, deputy commissioner (DC) of Meherpur.

Of the injured, 10 are from Chadbill village while others are from Jhaoubaria.

The casualties took place as trees fell on the victims houses during the storm that lasted for few minutes, the DC said.

Nine of them have been undergoing treatment at Meherpur General Hospital.

Each tornado-hit families will get Tk 10,000, said the DC.

Vehicular movement on Meherpur-Kushtia highway came to a halt for about four hours since 3:00am as trees and electric polls fell down on the road.