Squarethecircle wrote:and the variable 3000 here - http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/$All/252E082A6F7BB81C652573950055F718?OpenDocument
Missing = casualties, but officially, missing =/= dead.
Although unfortunately, they probably are dead.
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Squarethecircle wrote:and the variable 3000 here - http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/$All/252E082A6F7BB81C652573950055F718?OpenDocument
Category 5 wrote:I've heard different sources ranking from 240-1100.
rumi wrote:In 1991, the cyclone hit on April 29. On May 1, 3 days after landfall, the press was reporting that 1000 people died. Unfortunately the real toll began to emerge much later. On May 3, the toll had climbed to 40,000. On May 4, the toll was 92,000. On May 11, the toll had climbed to 125,000. The actual toll is over 138,000.
Even though the storm's initial impact was devastating, relief efforts in 1991 saved perhaps two hundred thousand lives. Apart from Bangladeshi efforts, Operation Sea Angel, the US military relief effort in support of the Bangladesh government, was the largest sea-borne relief operation ever conducted. It was hugely successful and made a dramatic impact.
For yesterday's storm, we are now at 500 dead. Cyclone preparedness has improved a lot since 1991, like it had since 1970, so hopefully many more people got out this time.
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