1970 Bhola cyclone
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The 1970 Bhola cyclone, also known as the Great Cyclone of 1970 or simply the Bhola Cyclone, was the deadliest tropical cyclone on record, as well as one of the deadliest humanitarian disasters ever r
The cyclone taken on November 11.
Destruction in Patuakhali after the cyclone
1991 Bangladesh cyclone
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The 1991 Bangladesh cyclone was a catastrophic tropical cyclone, being one of the deadliest tropical cyclones in recorded history, and one of the most powerful cyclones in the Indian Ocean. Forming ou
1970 Bhola cyclone
…of Bangladesh. In the thirty years after the 1970 cyclone, over 200 cyclone shelters were constructed in the coastal regions of Bangladesh. When the next destructive cyclone approached the country in 1991, volunteers from the Cyclone Preparedness Programme warned people of the cyclone two to three days before it struck land…
Flooding around the Karnaphuli River in Bangladesh
A damaged village in Bangladesh, surrounded by flooded fields, three weeks after the storm had struck
Bangladeshis unloading international aid from a US helicopter