Cyclone Sidr kills more than 350 in Bangladesh

Disaster again. While several parts of Jakarta were flooded, in Bangladesh, Cyclone has taken its toll. Hundreds of people have reportedly died, and hundreds of thousand others lost home. Climate change related issue?

clipped from www.nytimes.com Cyclone Sidr Kills 35o in Bangladesh NEW DELHI, Nov. 16 — Packing winds of over 100 miles an hour, the furious cyclone that swept across the low-lying watery edges of southern Bangladesh late Thursday downed trees, sent cellphone towers crashing and swept away mud and thatch homes. The government’s acting secretary for disaster management, Ayub Mian, told reporters at a news conference in Dhaka today that at least 350 people had been killed by Cyclone Sidr, as the storm is called, while a private television station estimated the death toll to have crossed 500. The Associated Press reported that 650,000 people had moved out of their homes.