Rapports

Summary of Cyclone Situation Tropical Cyclone SIDR of Category 4 affected large number of population within its track with Hurricane wind strength. All possible steps have been taken by the GoB to face the situation. Several central control rooms were…

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (November 16, 2007) In response to Cyclone Sidr, a Category 4 system that hit Bangladesh yesterday evening, Direct Relief has reached out to its long-standing network of in-country partners with offers of medical…

DHAKA: Over 1000 people were feared killed and thousands of others went missing in Bangladesh as one of the deadliest cyclones battered the country's south-western coast, flattening houses and disrupting power supply plunging almost the entire country into darkness. The government…

DHAKA, 16 November 2007 (IRIN) - Hundreds of people have been confirmed dead and scores more injured after a powerful cyclone slammed into the southern coast of Bangladesh, destroying homes and forcing millions to flee. Tropical Cyclone Sidr - packing…

By Anis Ahmed DHAKA, Nov 16 (Reuters) - A severe cyclone has killed more than 500 people in Bangladesh and left thousands injured or missing, triggering an international relief effort to help the army-backed interim government to cope with the…

Dhaka_(dpa) _ At least 629 people have died in Bangladesh as a result of cyclone Sidr, it was officially stated Friday. Disaster manegement office official spokesman Muhammad Mia confirmed the number as that of bodies so far recovered. The cyclone roared…

DHAKA - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun distributing high- energy biscuits to devastated villages and shelters in the southern coastal regions of Bangladesh hit last night by Cyclone Sidr. With thousands of people in emergency shelters urgently…

GENEVA, November 16, 2007 -- Cyclone Sidr hit southern Bangladesh on November 15, 2007 crossing the Khulna and Barisal coasts around 7:30pm (local time) with a high tidal surge and winds of over 210 kilometers per hour (130 miles…

Vatican City, 16 November 2007 - Caritas Bangladesh says clean drinking water, food, and shelter materials are pressing needs following the powerful cyclone that battered the country's southern coastal region Thursday evening. Caritas Bangladesh field staff, volunteers, and partners have been…

Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh and eastern India yesterday triggering a five metre (15 feet) high tidal surge. This, combined with winds of over 155km per hour, devastated coastal areas and flattened villages in its path. Sidr is thought to be…