TC SIDR Aftermath : Photos,Videos and News

[cycloneye]

This thread will be to post all the information that we can get from the area that this very strong Cyclone SIDR will affect.After the cyclone makes landfall,the thread will turn to the aftermath meaning posting of all the information about what occured.

[CrazyC83]

http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/nov/15cyclone.htm

Massive evacuations underway, but is it nearly enough?

[CrazyC83]

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/11/1 ... ml?ref=rss

They are currently going village to village with megaphones. So at least signs of evacuations are going on.

[Derek Ortt]

This is what we can expect if the forecast of a strong 3 making landfall near the India Bangladesh Border holds

Calcutta: Sustained hurricane force winds with gusts well over 100 mph. Any deviation to the west will bring sustained cat 2/3 winds into the city, destroying much of the city. Tidal surge not expected unless track deviates to the west.

Coastal India: Surges up to 15 feet, along with sustained cat 1/2 winds. Gusts well over 100 expected.

Bangladesh coast west of Ganges: Obliterated with few survivors. Tidal surges up to 30 feet. Sustained winds in cat 3 range with gusts over 150 mph. Widespread tornadoes also likely, as is the case with all landfalling cyclones

Ganges River: Obliterated. Tidal surges up to 20 feet likely to spread up the River well inland.

Ganges to Myanmar Border: Heavy damage with tidal surges from 5-20 feet. Surge will be lower as one moves away from the Ganges. Hurricane force winds expected with gusts well over 100 mph

Myanmar: Tidal surges of 2-5 feet with higher waves. Tropical storm force winds likely

[CrazyC83]

This is what we can expect if the forecast of a strong 3 making landfall near the India Bangladesh Border holds

Calcutta: Sustained hurricane force winds with gusts well over 100 mph. Any deviation to the west will bring sustained cat 2/3 winds into the city, destroying much of the city. Tidal surge not expected unless track deviates to the west.

Coastal India: Surges up to 15 feet, along with sustained cat 1/2 winds. Gusts well over 100 expected.

Bangladesh coast west of Ganges: Obliterated with few survivors. Tidal surges up to 30 feet. Sustained winds in cat 3 range with gusts over 150 mph. Widespread tornadoes also likely, as is the case with all landfalling cyclones

Ganges River: Obliterated. Tidal surges up to 20 feet likely to spread up the River well inland.

Ganges to Myanmar Border: Heavy damage with tidal surges from 5-20 feet. Surge will be lower as one moves away from the Ganges. Hurricane force winds expected with gusts well over 100 mph

Myanmar: Tidal surges of 2-5 feet with higher waves. Tropical storm force winds likely

I pretty much agree with your analysis. This is very much like Katrina, just involving an impoverished country with 50x the population in the risk area.

[Crostorm]

http://www.wunderground.com

[CrazyC83]

They have now brought out hundreds of thousands of volunteers to aid the evacuation effort:

http://www.bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=177458

Hopefully they will save hundreds of thousands of lives in the process...

[cycloneye]

From CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/1 ... index.html

[Crostorm]

Missing 1000 fisherman and 300 fishing trawlers sank in the Bay


SIDR makes landfall in Sundarbans
Star Online Report

Hurricane SIDR hit the coastal areas of Sundarbands this evening and expected to make landfall in Khulna-Barisal belt crossing the Baleshwar river between 9:00pm to 10:00pm tonight, a Met Office bulletin said.

The powerful hurricane with 160 to 180 kph wind speed hit Hiron Point, Khepupara and Dublarchar coastlines in Sundarbans at about 5:00pm, the Met bulletin added.


It is now centred 150 km off the Mongla Port.


Meanwhile, coastal areas of Mongla, Barisal and Khulna are experiencing storms accompanied with heavy downpours as a prelude to the impending natural calamity. Over1000 fishermen went missing after 300 fishing trawlers sank in the Bay during the storms.


A latest Met Office special bulletin said great danger signal number 10 was advised to hoist for Mongla seaport while great danger signal number 9 for Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar seaports.


The hurricane intensity was centred at about 385 kms south-southwest of Chittagong port, 345 kms southwest of Cox’s Bazar port and 265 kms south of Mongla port this afternoon.


Emergency cabinet meeting is going on to find a way out to minimise the possible damage that is expected to cause as the hurricane began lashing the country’s coastlines.


Thousands of people were evacuated from the vulnerable coastal areas including Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar, visualising the incoming ravaging picture of the powerful cyclone.


Under the influence of the hurricane, the whole country including the capital is experiencing drizzling with gusty winds.


Leave of the government officials and employees in coastal districts has been cancelled. The government ordered them to remain at their respective stations and joined hands with the emergency operations to evacuate people from coastal localities to safer places.


Waterway communications across the country is also suspended following the calamity.


Met office warned that the coastal areas may face tidal surge 20-25 feet high above normal astronomical tide.


Coastguard and patrol police were directed to ensure security of the people taking shelter at different shelter centres.


The air force has been asked to aid rescue operations and airdrop relief supplies by their helicopters.


The coastal districts of Bhola, Barisal, Patuakhali, Barguna, Pirojpur, Jhalakati, Bagerhat, Khulna, Satkhira, Jessore and their offshore islands and chars will remain under the great danger signal No 10.


Besides, the coastal districts of Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Noakhali, Feni, Laxmipur, Chandpur and their offshore islands and chars will remain under the great signal No 9.


Inland river ports of the districts of Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Noakhali, Feni, Laxmipur, Bhola, Barisal, Patuakhali, Barguna, Chandpur, Pirojpur, Jhalakati, Bagerhat, Khulna, Jessore and Satkhira have been advised to keep hoisted riverine great danger signal No 4.


All fishing-boats and trawlers over the north Bay must remain in shelter till further notice, the bulletin added.

http://www.thedailystar.net/latest/updates.php?pid=-98

[CrazyC83]

Wow, that is just sickening and it hasn't even made landfall yet!!!!

[cycloneye]

This photo was taken before the landfall.My prayers go to those that are being affected.

[Derek Ortt]

expect to hear numbers similar to those from some of the camps in the second World War. This NE turn just before landfall means much higher surge and winds for the densely populated area along the banks of the Ganges, including Dhaka

[CrazyC83]

This could be the world's deadliest storm since at least 1991, if not 1970...

[cycloneye]

A more recent photo of the people there dealing with the rain and strong winds while they were evacuating.

[Chacor]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7096561.stm

Here's some info from a BBC journalist on the ground. BBC journalists have been evacuated from the BBC boat currently engaged in charting the course of climate change in Bangladesh after it run aground in bad weather related to the cyclone.

[cycloneye]

Here is a video in Bangladesh from CNN taken before the landfall.You can see how are the conditions to evacuate all for those people and how they evacuate.

CNN Video

[cycloneye]

From the Asocciated press:

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- A powerful cyclone battered the coast of Bangladesh on Thursday with strong winds, surging waves and heavy rain, forcing hundreds of thousands of villagers in the low-lying nation to seek shelter.


Residents of Barisal, Bangladesh, shelter against the rain Thursday as Tropical Cyclone Sidr approaches.

With maximum sustained winds of 149 mph (240 kilometers per hour), Tropical Cyclone Sidr swept in from the Bay of Bengal, buffeting southwestern coastal areas within a 155-mile (250-kilometer) radius of the storm's eye.

No damage or casualties were immediately reported, but rescue teams were on standby at a nearby forest office, forest official Mozharul Islam said in Khulna.

Some 3.2 million people were expected to be evacuated in all, Ali Imam Majumder, a senior government official, told reporters in Dhaka. "We have taken all precautions," he said. Watch rush to evacuate as Sidr approaches »

Communications with remote forest areas and offshore islands were temporarily cut off.

At least 620,000 people had moved into official shelters, where they were being given emergency rations, Majumber said.

[Frank2]

The good news is that today's communications are much, much different that in 1970, when most in that area relied on nothing more than a single wire strung by a line of telephone poles for ground communication, with amateur (ham) radio the only means of good over-the-air voice communication for emergency or government use, so, hopefully the differences in communication between 1970 and today made a great difference in the warning and evacuation process.

Still, it's a serious situation at this moment...

Frank

[CrazyC83]

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=202356

Described as worse than the 1991 cyclone...their very weak structures were blown away to pieces...

[cycloneye]

This thread now has turned to the aftermath of what has occured after very strong tropical cyclone SIDR made landfall.Any photos from the area,videos that may be found and all the news that will come out of Bangladesh can be posted here.The thread will be moved to the Hurricane Aftermath forum in a couple of days.