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(OP) User ID: 285913 United States 11/19/2007 12:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.telegraph.co.uk] Sorry now make that 15000 dead. Holy crap! Bangladesh cyclone death toll hits 15,000 By Peter Foster, South Asia correspondent Last Updated: 1:40am GMT 19/11/2007 Up to 15,000 people were killed and seven million lives left devastated by the cyclone in Bangladesh last week, aid agencies have said as the full extent of the disaster became clear. In the worst affected districts, 90 pc of homes and 95 pc of rice crops and valuable prawn farms were obliterated by the winds The Bangladeshi Red Crescent Society, the country's main humanitarian group, said that more than 3,000 bodies had already been recovered from villages shattered by Cyclone Sidr's 150mph winds. While the official death toll remains low, Save the Children last night said that it feared that 15,000 people could have died while the Red Crescent estimated around 10,000. An international relief effort, supported by donations from the UN, Britain, US and Europe, was slowly grinding into gear yesterday as the International Red Cross estimated 900,000 families had been affected. Previous cyclones killed 500,000 people in 1970 and 143,000 in 1991 - however local officials said the impact would now fall on the many survivors. advertisement In the worst affected districts, 90 per cent of homes and 95 per cent of rice crops and valuable prawn farms were obliterated by the winds, which generated a 20ft tidal surge that swept everything from its path. Fallen trees and flooded roads are also seriously impeding the relief crews' efforts to reach stricken coastal villages, with elephants being used in some areas to clear the heaviest debris. Officials described the humanitarian situation in coastal districts like Barguna, 130 miles south of the capital Dhaka, as the "worst in decades", a grave assertion in a country that is used to dealing with annual floods and storms. Tapan Chowdhury, a government adviser for food and disaster management, described the cyclone as a "national calamity" and urged all to come forward to help the victims. Relief operators on the ground said supplies were still inadequate and that the government should make an immediate plea for more international aid to avert a "human disaster". "I have never seen such a catastrophe in my 20 years as a government administrator," said Harisprasad Pal, an official from Barguna District, "Village after village has been shattered. Millions of people are living out in the open and relief is reaching less than one percent of the people." When reached, victims are being found dehydrated and in a state of shock. All is fair in love & war. |
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(OP) User ID: 285913 United States 11/19/2007 12:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "I lost six of my family members in the cyclone. I am afraid that the rest of us will die of hunger," said Sattar Gazi, a 55-year-old farmer in the village of Nishanbari. "For the corpses we don't have clothes to wrap them in for burial. We are wrapping the bodies in leaves." Britain announced immediate aid of £2.5 million, while the United States ordered two warships from the Bay of Bengal to assist with rescue and relief efforts, air-lifting supplies to areas cut off by flooding. Lord Malloch Brown, the Foreign Office minister, said: "We have offered our immediate support to relief efforts through the UN and stand ready to provide more assistance when required." The Pope appealed for immediate international aid for those stricken by the disaster in Bangladesh. "In renewing my deep condolences to the families and the entire nation, which is very dear to me, I appeal to international solidarity," he said. "I encourage all possible efforts to help these brothers who are suffering so much." All is fair in love & war. |
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User ID: 269684 United States 11/19/2007 12:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That region has always had horrible storms. Being below sea level, it is quickly becoming uninhabitable. I think this was called East Pakistan at one time - when the initial split happened after India got its independence from the British. The Muslims wanted their own countries and, well, that is just what they got. And just like most people in that part of the world, promptly began to overpopulate themselves into the worst kinds of poverty and need. It now has to be one of the poorest countries in the world with at least 3/4ths of its people living on an average of $300 dollars a year and an outrageous birth rate. Where are they going to go? Pakistan hasn't offered to take them in. Neither has any other Muslim country. India doesn't want them back and probably most of them wouldn't leave even if someone offered them places to go. Unfortunately, they will continue to suffer these storms and human loses every year. The storms aren't going to stop. It is just nature doing what nature does. It is the rainy and storm season there and they have no higher ground to go to. Sad, but true. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 247321 Australia 11/19/2007 12:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If I recall correctly it was the USA and their stupid anti mj bullshit back in the Hoover days, when they made mj a prohibated drug world wide, then they had the nerve to go to countrys like Bangladesh and strip of their natural harvests. Which in turn upset the country ability to produce, rebounds to this day |
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User ID: 328384 Norway 11/19/2007 05:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "Anyone ever get the feeling Bangladesh is DOOMED?" Quoting: THE DOOMHell yeah, i've had that feeling for a long time. Can't help thinking that they should study engineering instead of quran. Look at the Netherlands, well below sea-level, but due to modern technology they manage to keep the water out. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 162206 United Arab Emirates 11/19/2007 06:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.telegraph.co.uk] Quoting: ThothSorry now make that 15000 dead. Holy crap! Bangladesh cyclone death toll hits 15,000 By Peter Foster, South Asia correspondent Last Updated: 1:40am GMT 19/11/2007 Up to 15,000 people were killed and seven million lives left devastated by the cyclone in Bangladesh last week, aid agencies have said as the full extent of the disaster became clear. In the worst affected districts, 90 pc of homes and 95 pc of rice crops and valuable prawn farms were obliterated by the winds The Bangladeshi Red Crescent Society, the country's main humanitarian group, said that more than 3,000 bodies had already been recovered from villages shattered by Cyclone Sidr's 150mph winds. While the official death toll remains low, Save the Children last night said that it feared that 15,000 people could have died while the Red Crescent estimated around 10,000. An international relief effort, supported by donations from the UN, Britain, US and Europe, was slowly grinding into gear yesterday as the International Red Cross estimated 900,000 families had been affected. Previous cyclones killed 500,000 people in 1970 and 143,000 in 1991 - however local officials said the impact would now fall on the many survivors. advertisement In the worst affected districts, 90 per cent of homes and 95 per cent of rice crops and valuable prawn farms were obliterated by the winds, which generated a 20ft tidal surge that swept everything from its path. Fallen trees and flooded roads are also seriously impeding the relief crews' efforts to reach stricken coastal villages, with elephants being used in some areas to clear the heaviest debris. Officials described the humanitarian situation in coastal districts like Barguna, 130 miles south of the capital Dhaka, as the "worst in decades", a grave assertion in a country that is used to dealing with annual floods and storms. Tapan Chowdhury, a government adviser for food and disaster management, described the cyclone as a "national calamity" and urged all to come forward to help the victims. Relief operators on the ground said supplies were still inadequate and that the government should make an immediate plea for more international aid to avert a "human disaster". "I have never seen such a catastrophe in my 20 years as a government administrator," said Harisprasad Pal, an official from Barguna District, "Village after village has been shattered. Millions of people are living out in the open and relief is reaching less than one percent of the people." When reached, victims are being found dehydrated and in a state of shock. Only 3,000 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 162206 United Arab Emirates 11/19/2007 06:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Topographically Bangladesch is a really shitty place to be. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 187192If no one evacuates them, they will all be dead within a few years. Unfortunately I'm not kidding. Dude, every year few thousands do die from natural disasters, but millions survive because of the fertile lands. Now please declare yourself a semi-idi*t. |
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User ID: 299977 United Kingdom 11/19/2007 06:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The deeds of the fathers impact on the next 3-4 generations, karma. In Quran c) The Angels who record the deeds (Kiraman Katebeen). "The honored writers know what you do." (82:11) d) "We record that which they send before them, and their footprints,and all things we have kept in a clear register." (36:12) [link to www.islam-usa.com] i love satan |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 150446 United States 11/19/2007 02:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I feel sorry for these people. Their low lying land makes it hard to get away from many disasters. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 150446Correct. Now if they only had the IQ to MOVE, before the next disaster. I am replying to myself here, but I am not being cruel. If they need help to move to higher ground, then the world should help them. But they can't just STAY near sea level and hope nothing else happens. |