A British Bangladeshi has tragically died in the ongoing cyclone in Britain.

Birmingham-based journalist Joynal Islam quoted the deceased's family on Saturday night and said that Kaher Hossain Shahin, a trustee of Balaganj Osmani Nagar Garib Kalyan Trust, died tragically after being crushed by a tree during a severe storm and gale in Birmingham.

The deceased businessman was a father of six daughters and a son. Shahin died when a tree fell on his car while he was returning home with his son during the storm. He was 55 years old.His village home is in Sikandarpur of the Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet.

West Midlands Police said they were called to Silver Birch Road, Erdington, just after 3pm on Saturday following reports that a tree had fallen and hit a car as a result of the storm conditions.

Sergeant Benjamin Parsons, of the force's roads policing unit, said: "Our thoughts are with the man's family at this time, and his next of kin have been informed.