Tag: Cyclone Sidr

Adaptation to climate change: Lesson learnt from Pervin

Adaptation to climate change: Lesson learnt from Pervin

“We have lost everything due to cyclone Sidr and cyclone Aila. At first, Sidr destroyed our tiny house that was built on an embankment. After that, we constructed a small home on a comparatively high land. But Aila swept it away,’’ says Pervin, a climate victim based in Patuakhali, a southern city of Bangladesh.

January 13, 2016 | By | Reply More
Microfinance programs help climate victims in Bangladesh

Microfinance programs help climate victims in Bangladesh

Galachipa, an offshore valley in the southern part of Bangladesh, often faces natural hazards like flood, river erosion, and tidal surges. They were used to with such acts of nature until 2007 when a devastating cyclone, named Sidr, has swept the area along with many other villages in the south that killed up to 10,000 […]

January 6, 2016 | By | Reply More
Bangladesh to build 2,000 new cyclone centers this year

Bangladesh to build 2,000 new cyclone centers this year

Bangladesh will build 2,000 new cyclone centers in the 15 coastal districts this year following the deadly cyclone Sidr on

January 7, 2008 | By | Reply More
Pakistan Army doctors treat over 37000 Bangladesh cyclone victims

Pakistan Army doctors treat over 37000 Bangladesh cyclone victims

The Pakistan Army field hospital which was set up at Bhandaria, Barisal and Bangladesh for relief operations after cyclone “Sidr” worked day and night to mitigate the sufferings of flood-affected people, earning goodwill for the country. A Pakistan Air Force C-130 aircraft carrying the field hospital, doctors, paramedics and life-saving drugs was the first to […]

January 7, 2008 | By | Reply More
Life after Sidr

Life after Sidr

Many people lost their Houses by devastating cyclone sidr. Now they are staying beside high roads. These temporary houses are made up with coconut leaves, old clothes and

December 8, 2007 | By | Reply More