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VIDEO: Cyclone Sidr batters Bangladesh
16 Nov 2007 12:17:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
Nov. 16 - Cyclone Sidr triggered a tidal surge on the Bangladeshi coast, devastating three villages. The storm also battered the capital Dhaka.

The death toll has topped 500, and is rising, with thousands injured or missing.

Television news reports said more than 100 fishing boats caught in Cyclone Sidr in the Bay of Bengal had failed to return to shore.

Michelle Carlile-Alkhouri reports.




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