Bangladesh: Tropical Cyclone: 2007/11/15

Period	2007/11/15
Country or District	Bangladesh
Event Type	Tropical Cyclone
Outline	Thousands of families have been evacuated from their homes in over a dozen coastal districts of Bangladesh as a severe cyclone Sidr heads in from the Bay of Bengal, officials said on 15 November, 2007. As of 29 December, the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) official reports indicated that more than 8 million people were affected by Cyclone Sidr, with a death toll of 3,363 people, with a further 871 missing and 55,282 injured.

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Report/Articles

Government of Bangladesh 2007/12/29
Situation Report 29 December 2007

OCHA Situation Report No.10 (2007/11/26)
As of 26 November, the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) official reports indicated that more than 7 million people were affected by Cyclone Sidr, with a death toll of 3,243 people, with a further 880 missing and 34,708 injured.

OCHA ReliefWeb　2007/10/26
Updated official report from MoFDM (as of 26 Nov.)illustrates that the number of death caused by tropical cyclone 'SIDR' has risen to 3243 affecting 7.0 million people of 1.65 million families.

OCHA Situation Report No.8 (2007/11/23)
As of 23 November, the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) official reports indicated that more than 6.7 million people were affected by Cyclone Sidr, with a death toll of 3,033 people, with a further 1,828 missing and 34,511 injured.

news24.com 2007/11/21
The cyclone zone has been struck with water-borne diseases and two children died of diarrhoea on 20 November, 2007 in the hard-hit district of Patuakhali, Dhaka\'s Daily Star newspaper reported, quoting local health officials.

OCHA Situation Report No.6 (2007/11/22)
More than 5 million people in 30 districts were affected by the storm. As of 21 November, the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) official reports indicated a death toll of 2,942 people, with a further 1,724 missing and 28,188 injured.

OCHA Situation Report No.5 (2007/11/21)
More than 4 million people in 28 southern districts are now known to have been directly affected by the cyclonic storms. As of 20 November, the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) official reports indicated an increasing death toll of 3,447 people, with a further 2,062 missing and 6,611 injured.

OCHA ReliefWeb- Report from Government of Bangladesh 2007/11/20
Updated official report illustrates that the number of death caused by tropical cyclone SIDR has risen to 2,837. Updates also indicate that 5,488,216 people of 1,322,824 families were affected by the cyclone.

OCHA Situation Report No.2 2007/11/17
Cyclone Sidr (Category IV) hit Bangladesh on the evening of 15 November, 2007. Initial unconfirmed reports indicate that the death toll is over 1,500 people, with a large number of missing and thousands injured. As communication is disrupted and some areas still inaccessible, the number of fatalities is likely to increase.

Reuters AlertNet 2007/11/19
The confirmed death toll from the cyclone reached 3,113 by 19 November, 2007, while 3,322 are injured and 1,063 missing, the official said.

IRIN Asia News 2007/11/20
Six days after Cyclone Sidr struck, the worst in over 15 years, the official toll stands at 2,625, but that figure is changing by the hour. According to the Bangladesh Food and Disaster Management Ministry, some 3.2 million people were affected when the powerful Category 4 storm ravaged much of the country’s southwestern coastal area on the night of 15 November resulting in large-scale devastation. Fifteen of the country’s 64 districts were affected, 11 of them severely.

Reuters AlertNet 2007/11/18
The government put the official toll at 2,471 confirmed dead.

OCHA ReliefWeb　2007/11/18
Up to 10,000 dead, millions homeless in Bangladesh: officials

Reuters AlertNet 2007/11/18
The disaster ministry had recorded 2,300 deaths by 1500 GMT on 17 november, 2007, but local media put the figure at more than 3,500.

CNN.com 2007/11/17
Local officials said at least 500 people were killed.　But a United News of Bangladesh report put the death toll at at least 1,100.

Reuters AlertNet 2007/11/16
Bangladesh cyclone kills 250; towns under water

Reuters AlertNet 2007/11/16
Super cyclone kills 66 in Bangladesh, toll to rise

Reuters AlertNet 2007/11/16
At least 25 people died and dozens were missing as a super cyclone packing winds of 250 kph (155 mph) battered vast areas of the Bangladeshi coast overnight, early reports said on 16 November, 2007.

Reuters AlertNet 2007/11/16
Television news reports said more than 100 fishing boats in the Bay of Bengal had to failed to return to shore despite repeated storm warnings given over the radio. Sixteen Bangladesh fishermen went missing after their fishing boat sank in Cox's Bazar, a local fishing association said late on 15 November, 2007.

CNN.com 2007/11/15
At least 620,000 people had moved into official shelters and 3.2 million people were expected to be evacuated in all, said a senior government official in Dhaka.

CNN.com 2007/11/15
Cyclone weakens as it hits land

Reuters AlertNet 2007/11/15
Bangladesh evacuates thousands as storm nears

Geographycal Data

OCHA ReliefWeb: Map 2007/11/15
Satellite Image of Tropical Cyclone Sidr (as of 15 Nov 2007)

[ERI Emergency Relief Information]

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
As Cyclone Sidr moves northward in the Bay of Bengal, more than 40,000 Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers are busily spreading the word that evacuations are necessary and are supporting shelters in India and Bangladesh. (PDF)

Pictures

International Charter 2007/11/16
Floods and cyclone in Bangladesh