ALCOMBE Tandoori restaurant owner Harun Ali will be handing over an entire evening's takings on Tuesday to help his fellow countrymen affected by the most destructive storm to hit Bangladesh in more than a decade. Harun, his wife Runa and their two young children, aged three and one, travelled to Bangladesh two days before Cyclone Sidr hit. And although they and local family members escaped unscathed from the disaster which killed more than 3,000 people and left millions homeless, they could not escape seeing the devastation and destruction it wreaked. Harun's relatives live in Sylhet, in the country's North East region. "Luckily my family live on higher ground but we could not avoid seeing the terrible damage as we travelled around," he said. "We were so fortunate, so lucky but so many other people have been affected by this. "I have seen floods in Bangladesh but I have never seen anything as bad as this. "It was frightening and something I have never experienced before." Cyclone Sidr, which struck earlier this month, brought winds of up to 150mph and a tidal surge of several metres. It brought down power lines, wiped out vital crops, destroyed some 500,000 homes and the final death toll could be as high as 10,000. Harun, who has lived in England since he was four, was so moved by the plight of those affected that all the money he takes on Tuesday - including tips given to staff - will be given to the Bangladesh Cyclone Appeal. "We open at 5.30pm and I'm hoping we will be able to do two sittings during the evening to make as much money as possible," said Harun. "We haven't had time to arrange a formal charity dinner so I'm just hoping that as many people as possible will come through the door and support us. "People just have to pay the normal price for meals and all the takings will be donated to the appeal."