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The casualties are estimated at around 800 000 with a large amount of these being people who lived in Yaodongs which are artificial caves which caved in during the earthquake Bhola Cyclone On November the 12th 1970 the cyclone struck Bangladesh which was then still Pakistan

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The Bhola cyclone on November 11 1970

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Source Wikimedia Commons Image of the Bhola cyclone taken on 11November 1970 Courtesy US NOAA

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Worldwide tropical cyclone basins http www aoml noaa gov hrd tcfaq 6RSMCs jpg

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during one of the highest high tides of the year Karim and Mimura 2008 Shrestha 1998 The death toll from the cyclone was the highest in human history estimated at 300 000 550 000 Figure 3 The Bhola Cyclone of November 11 1970 in the Bay of Bengal approaching Bangladesh The 34 8 foot 10 6 meter storm surge caused the highest tropical cyclone death toll in history

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in the province and continuing unrest between East Pakistan and the central government triggered the Bangladesh Liberation War which concluded with the creation of the state of Bangladesh

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Great Bhola Cyclone of 1970 Cyclone Nargis unofficial death toll of 100 000 currently ranks the storm as the 10th deadliest in world history Figure 1 Topography of Myanmar with track of Cyclone Nargis superimposed Image credit NASA

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Clean drinking water provided by Save the Children is distributed to residents of Chandraprosad Bhola District in Bangladesh Photo by David Greedy

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priority list Government action is proving efficient as the army bypasses local authorities cutting response time and limiting corruption First tentative figures about damages are released Dhaka AsiaNews The relief campaign for Bangladesh launched by the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions PIME in favour of cyclone hit areas has generated a great response Many

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Cyclone Aila victims in Bangladesh In the aftermath of Cyclone Aila thousands of villagers in Bagerhat Satkhira Khulna Bhola and Noakhali now cry for food and drinking water for survival

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Staff Reporter Diarrhoea has broken out in the cyclone Aila hit coastal areas of Satkhira Khulna Bagerhat Bhola and Hatiya for lack of safe drinking water At least four people have been

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Top Ten Worst Natural Disasters What forces of mother nature are capable of doing

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on its axis The result of all this is the winds begin to rotate faster and form a large rotating weather system in some cases up to several thousand km in diameter 1970 Bhola cyclone Winds 130mph Pressure 966mb

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Political consequences The Awami League the largest political party in East Pakistan headed by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman swept to a landslide victory in the national elections in December 1970 partially as a result

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NOAA image of the Bhola Cyclone that killed half a million people in Bangladesh in 1970 Source Wikipedia

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In 1970 the Bhola cyclone hits East Pakistan now Bangladesh killing an estimated 500 000 people in one night It is regarded as the 20th century s worst natural disaster November

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Cyclone Sidr a category 5 storm Saffir Simpson Scale Storms batter the country of Bangladesh each year causing hundreds of deaths Perhaps the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded the Bhola Cyclone hit the Ganges Delta in November 1970

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UNB Dhaka In the aftermath of cyclone Aila thousands of villagers in Bagerhat Satkhira Khulna Bhola and Noakhali now cry for food and drinking water for survival as relief operations