AGARTALA / DHAKA, May 22 (TIWN): Tropical Cyclone Roanu lashed Bangladesh, Northeast India with heavy winds and sheets of rain. After causing devastating flooding and mudslides in Sri Lanka earlier in the week, Cyclone Roanu turned deadly again this weekend as it slammed into Bangladesh. At least 32 people are dead with many more injured in coastal Bangladesh, according to local authorities. The deaths occurred amid house collapses, landslides and a storm surge that broke embankments at two spots in Chittagong. Officials told that some places were inundated by a storm surge that was 0.9 to 1.2 meters (3 to 4 feet) above normal tide height. While interaction with land is causing Roanu to weaken, in terms of damaging winds, the threat for flooding will persist across northeastern India and northern and coastal Myanmar on Sunday. Widespread rainfall totals of 150-300 mm (6-12 inches) are expected, raising significant concerns for life-threatening flooding and landslides.

Some communities could be cut off by damaged or flood-ravaged roads and bridges. In northeastern India, this includes Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and eastern parts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

The first tropical cyclone of the season in the Bay of Bengal made landfall in Bangladesh, just north of Chittagong, on Saturday.

"There will be localized amounts in excess of 300 mm (12 inches)," Meteorologist Rob Richards said. That is especially true in the higher terrain.

While the heaviest rain has departed, Bangladesh will face locally heavy thunderstorms into Sunday, which threatens to renew more flooding and interfere with cleanup operations.

Prior to the cyclone's arrival, Reuters reported that authorities in Bangladesh relocated about 500,000 people into 3,500 homes.

Roanu also turned deadly in Sri Lanka earlier in the week. The Associated Press reports that more than 70 people have been killed in landslides and flooding since Monday. Dozens are missing after mudslides devastated three villages in the central district of Kegalle.

While the rain spread from Sri Lanka, then up the eastern coast of India, intense heat worsened across western India as the circulation around Roanu pulled in dry and warmer air. On Thursday, Phalodi in Rajasthan set the all-time record high for India when temperatures soared to 51 C (123.8 F).

The extreme heat will ease for this weekend, but hot conditions will continue to put a strain on residents throughout western and northern India well into next week.