DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A cyclone flooded coastal villages and left hundreds of thousands of people without power Monday in southern Bangladesh, where nearly 800,000 residents had evacuated. At least seven deaths were reported.

Cyclone Remal started lashing Bangladesh’s southern coast late Sunday and was moving fast and would weaken by noon Bangladesh’s Meteorological Department in Dhaka said.

TV stations reported that dozens of Bangladeshi coastal villages were flooded as many flood protection embankments were either washed away or damaged by the force of the storm surges. Authorities gave no casualty figures yet, but Dhaka-based Somoy TV reported that at least seven people died. Two others were missing after a boat capsized in southwestern Bangladesh, the station said.

Moderate to heavy rainfall had been forecast in coastal districts in India’s West Bengal state, where high winds uprooted trees. A 1 meter (3.1 feet) storm surge was expected to flood low-lying