TC SIDR Aftermath : Photos,Videos and News

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The improved death rate in this area is a good subject for a study.

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The Latest from Bangladesh

They say that the official death toll is around 3,500 and they haved reached 90% of the remote areas.

[Chacor]

This is very good news that the death toll has remained nearly constant in the mid 3,000s as they continue to reach those areas cut off by flooding. Although 3,500 lives have been lost, if this is indeed the final toll, congratulations should go to the Bangladesh government for their efforts in improving their efforts to save lives from cyclones.

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The Latest news from Bangladesh

The relief efforts are at full force over there.

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Bridge Collapse in Bangladesh

Oh boy,more bad news as a bridge collapsed in the middle of the Cyclone Sidr rescue efforts.

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Helicopters from the US navy have begun delivering relief supplies to survivors of the devastating cyclone that hit southern Bangladesh 10 days ago.

Some 3,500 people died and an estimated two million were made homeless after Cyclone Sidr hit coastal areas.

The first sorties by the helicopters delivered clean water to villagers, officials said.

More than $140m (£70m) worth of international emergency aid has been pledged, the government has said.

On Sunday the head of the Bangladeshi army, Gen Moeen U Ahmed, said the first priority was to "get food, water and clothes to the survivors".

The American helicopters are based on the USS Kearsarge, now moored off the southern coast. A medical team from the ship has gone to the town of Barisal.

Bangladesh has accepted US help because it does not have enough helicopters to deliver the required aid, officials said, Reuters news agency reports.

A UN report says it will take up to three months to supply "immediate relief assistance" such as food and shelter.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7113178.stm

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Well, is the danger of TCs over for Bangladesh? No, but methinks that next time they'll be using this as an example, not the 1991 cyclone. Always good to have a little more hope. And I was predicting 20,000 deaths!