Tag: Cyclone Sidr
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.
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 […]
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
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 […]
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
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