Informes

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 98/0206 1. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department Storm Warning Centre (SWC) in Dhaka reported that the cyclone OB1 hit the Chittagong coast between Chittagong and Sitakundu in the morning of 20 May and moved then north-eastwards gradually weakening. 2.…

A cyclone has slammed into the coast of Bangladesh. However, residents and local officials have indicated its ferocity could be less than at first feared. In the southeastern port city of Chittagong, the storm hit with rain and winds of up…

The Disaster Cyclone storm B-One did not hit the Chittagong and Cox's Bazar regions around midnight yesterday as predicted by the local meteorological department. However, it hit the Chittagong coast between Chittagong and Sitakundu this morning (0800 - 11h30 am…

By Nizam Ahmed CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, May 20 (Reuters) - A severe storm has left at least 26 people dead and over 100 injured after battering Bangladesh's southeast coast, volunteers and other monitors said on Wednesday. "Now the storm is over, we…

Bangladesh 1/98 Dear Colleagues, We have just been alerted by our member, Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB), that the low pressure depression has turned into severe cyclonic storm with a core of Hurricane wind over south east and adjoining…

The Disaster Cyclone B-One has developed from a depression over the west-central area of the Bay of Bengal. It is at present moving north-north-eastwards and intensifying. At 1100 today it was about 300 km south of Chittagong Port, 250 km…

Ref. OCHAGVA - 98/0200 1. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department informs that a strong cyclone is approaching the southeastern coastal areas of Bangladesh. These areas have a total population of about 1.7 million people. 2. On 19 May, afternoon LT the storm moved…

Weekly News The cyclonic storm that hit the southern coast of Bangladesh on 27 September killed at least 27 people, injured 1,529 and destroyed 71,800 houses. Bangladesh Red Crescent volunteers assisted in the massive evacuation of 750,000 people after storm warnings had…

DHAGVA - 97/0522 Bangladesh - Cyclone DHA-Geneva Situation Report No. 2 SITUATION 1. The UNDP Resident Representative in Dhaka reports that on 29 September 1997 a donors meeting was held during which the Government's Disaster Management Bureau presented the official damage statistics. 2.…

Appeal Target : US$ 156,019 Dear Friends, The flood of July 1997 caused by incessant downpour and onrush of water from Assam, India devastated almost one fourth of the country. Further catastrophies in the form of land/mudslides, a…