Weather - Cyclone Sidr
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- Created on: 11-06-14 17:31
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- Cyclone Sidr
- Formation
- Storm intensified to a deep depression on the 11th Nov and a Tropical Cyclone Alert was given
- Storm began to form SE of the Andaman Islands on the 9th Nov 2007
- Upgraded to Cyclone Sidr early 12th Nov. Upgraded to very severe cyclone later that day
- Reached peak winds of 130mph on the 15th Nov. Upgraded to Cat 4 cyclone
- Weakened after making landfall, dissapted on 16th Nov
- Preperation
- A total of 2 million Bangledeshis were evacuated to emergency shelters
- Main ports were closed
- Relief organisations distributed seven-day emergency kits of food and water, clothing and blankets to evacuated families
- Defences put in place after cyclone in 1991
- Emergency shelters on stilts, cyclone walls in between trees to limit storm surge damage
- Impacts
- $450 million of damage
- Storm surge reaching over 5m
- 3,447 deaths
- Damage to mangrove forrests, that will take 40 years to recover fully
- Response
- 18 Bangladesh Air Force helicopters and five Bangladesh Navy ships were immediately dispatched with food, medicine, and relief supplies for the hardest-hit areas
- The Ministry of Food and Disaster Management allocated 4,000 metric tonnes of rice, 7,500 tents, 18,000 blankets, and 30 million Taka (US$435,569) in relief grants
- The UK donated food, water and medicine
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