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November
2007
CYCLONE IN BANGLADESH
SIDR
sets sights on the coast
A
cyclonic storm, described by the weatherman as “very severe”, is
threatening to hit the Bengal-Bangladesh coast near Sagar Islands on
Friday (09 November 2007) morning.
Named
SIDR by the Indian Meteorological Department, the cyclonic storm lay
roughly 800km south of Calcutta on Wednesday and was moving north.
The
Telegraph. 15/11/2007
Thundering
typhoons wreak havoc
Are
cyclones different from hurricanes and typhoons? What is a cyclone?
Why do they occur? What is a super cyclone? How are they named? All
you wanted to know about cyclones.
by
Cooshalle Samuel. The Hindustan Times. 16/11/2007
Cyclone
whispers past Bengal
A
tropical cyclone nearly as powerful as the 1999 Orissa monster"
grazed" past Bengal and slammed into Bangladesh at 240km an
hour. "Bengal has been spared. It has grazed past our borders,"
said G.C. Debnath, director of the weather section at the Alipore Met
office. "There will be a residual impact but far less than what
might have been had the cyclone hit."
The
Telegraph. 16/11/2007
Hundreds
die in Bangladesh super cyclone
The
super cyclone Sidr ripped through Bangladesh’s southern coastline
from Thursday (15 November 2007) night to early Friday (16 November
2007), leaving behind a trail of devastation both in terms of human
casualties and destruction of property.
While
the official death toll released till the writing of this report on
Friday night reached over 600, the figure, estimated unofficially,
may rise well over to 1,000 as aid workers continued search in the
heavily ravaged coastline of Barisal and Khulna.
by
Haroon Habib. The HIndu. 17/11/2007
How
Bengal escaped Sidr
Scientists
today attributed the shift of Cyclone Sidr towards Bangladesh to
factors long known to influence cyclone paths, but asserted that its
scale and severity justified the warnings issued to Bengal.
India
Meteorological Department officials said they had anticipated an
eastward shift which began about three hours before the cyclone hit
Bangladesh about 80km east of the initially predicted landfall zone.
by
G.S. MUDUR. The Telegraph. 17/11/2007
Cyclone
hits Bangla, 425 die
Over
425 people were killed and thousands others, mostly fishermen, went
missing as one of the worst cyclones in decades battered Bangladesh's
southwestern coast, flattening most houses and disrupting power
supply throughout the country. At least 500 travellers with over
three thousand fishermen have been missing since cyclone Sidr,
packing winds up to 240km, made landfall at Khulna-Barisal coast last
evening and swept central Bangladesh, including capital Dhaka.
The
Asian Age. 17/11/2007
Battered
Bangla
Bangladesh
has been severely battered by a cyclone which smashed the country's
southern coastline with winds whipping up tidal surges over five
meters high. Entire villages have been flattened by the cyclone. The
death toll has risen to over 2,000 and over 1.5 million people have
been displaced. The death toll is expected to rise further. Rescue
operations are on in full swing but work has been hampered by
uprooted trees blocking roads.
The
Deccan Herald. 19/11/2007
Sidr
devastates the Sunderbans
Bashir
Ahmed, a fisherman at Swarankhola in southern Bagerhat, had gone to a
shelter centre along with wife and two children before a deadly
hurricane, christened Sidr, battered Bangladesh on Thursday (15
November 2007).
He
returned home after three days to find that the house they had lived
in for generations had been destroyed, trees uprooted and fishing
boat missing.
by
Hassan Shahriar. The Deccan Herald. 19/11/2007
Ravaged
Bangla seeks more aid
BANGLADESH
SOUGHT more foreign aid Tuesday (20 November 2007) to help thousands
of survivors of Cyclone Sidr after the storm mauled the country's
coast and killed more than 3,150 people, according to an official
tally that was expected to rise. Food, fresh water and temporary
shelter had still not reached many of the hungry and exhausted
survivors.
The
Hindustan Times. 21/11/2007
Reach
out
India
has rushed relief supplies including tents, blankets, medicines and
food packets to cyclone-struck Bangladesh. Over 3000 people were
killed and millions rendered homeless when Cyclone Sidr smashed
Bangladesh's coastal villages last week. The Bangladeshi Red Crescent
society predicts that the death toll will climb above 10,000. This is
the third natural disaster to hit Bangladesh this year. The country
was first hit by a storm, then mudslides and now a cyclone.
The
Deccan Herald. 23/11/2007
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