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Bangladesh: Violent Wind: 2002/05/24
GLIDE: AC-2002-000304-BGD
| Period | 2002/05/24 |
|---|---|
| Country or District | Bangladesh |
| Event Type | Violent Wind |
| Outline | Rescuers using fishing nets have found five bodies and about 60 other people were missing, feared drowned, after a two-year-old river ferry sank in a storm in Bangladesh |
| Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Human Impact | Physical Impact | Others |
| BBC news 2002/05/25 | ||
| Dead: 16 persons Missing: 40 persons |
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| CNN news 2002/05/24 | ||
| More than 60 people are feared drowned after a ferry sank in a Bangladesh river. | ||
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Report/Articles
BBC news 2002/05/25
The authorities in Bangladesh say that they have recovered the bodies of 16 people who drowned.
BBC news 2002/05/24
Search for Bangladesh ferry victims
CNN news 2002/05/25
Search for ferry survivors underway
CNN news 2002/05/24
More than 60 people are feared drowned after a ferry sank in a Bangladesh river.
Rerters Alertnet 2002/05/24
Sixty-five feared dead in Bangladesh ferry accident