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Juto Yu

Bangladesh Cyclone Death Toll Now 1,723 - CBS News - 0 views

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cyclone death bangladesh

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  • After the 1991 cyclone, foreign donors and Bangladeshi government agencies began building emergency shelters - concrete boxes raised on pillars, each able to hold anywhere from a few hundred to 3,000 people.
  • The official death toll from a savage cyclone that wreaked havoc on southwest Bangladesh reached 1,723 Saturday - the deadliest storm to hit the country in a decade.
  • The official death toll from a savage cyclone that wreaked havoc on southwest Bangladesh reached 1,723 Saturday - the deadliest storm to hit the country in a decade
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  • Several international humanitarian organizations, like UNICEF and CARE, were working alongside government and local volunteer agencies to provide safe drinking water and emergency supplies in the affected areas.
  • After the 1991 cyclone, foreign donors and Bangladeshi government agencies began building emergency shelters - concrete boxes raised on pillars, each able to hold anywhere from a few hundred to 3,000 people.
  • Juto Yu on 12 Mar 10
     
    very severe cyclone hit bangladesh hit 2007, very good response of the government and the humanitarian organizations to reduce the loss
Juto Yu

Bangladesh cyclone death toll hits 15,000 - Telegraph - 0 views

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hazards disasters response cyclone

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  • Bangladesh cyclone death toll hits 15,000
  • In the worst affected districts, 90 pc of homes and 95 pc of rice crops and valuable prawn farms were obliterated by the winds
  • Previous cyclones killed 500,000 people in 1970 and 143,000 in 1991 - however local officials said the impact would now fall on the many survivors.
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  • One million displaced by 140mph cyclone
  • Juto Yu on 12 Mar 10
     
    Good for learning the basic ideas for the cyclone happened in Bangladesh in 2007.
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