Revealed: The DEADLIEST extreme weather events over the past 20 years
9. CYCLONE SIDR (2007) - 4,234 deaths The second cyclone on the list is Cyclone Sidr of November 2007, which caused one of ...
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Bangladesh Floods
Cyclone Sidr struck south east Bangladesh turning millions of lives upside down and killing thousands. Many survivors were left struggling for basic necessities such as tents, rice, drinking water ...
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Wild Weather
In 1991 Cyclone Marian killed 140,000. In 2007 Cyclone Sidr flattened 565,000 homes, but a warning system and fortified shelters helped limit deaths to 3,500. Today restoring coastal mangroves and ...
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Thousands homeless after cyclone hits Bangladesh
As the cyclone neared landfall Thursday night ... is extremely susceptible to the storm surge Sidr is expected to bring. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department estimated Thursday that Sidr ...