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An estimated 25 percent of the country's nearly 10,000 km of embankments were damaged when Cyclone Sidr slammed into Bangladesh's southwestern coastal belt on 15 November, killing over 3,000 and leaving millions homeless.
David Swanson/IRIN

  • An estimated 25 percent of the country's nearly 10,000 km of embankments were damaged when Cyclone Sidr slammed into Bangladesh's southwestern coastal belt on 15 November, killing over 3,000 and leaving millions homeless.

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  • Credits David Swanson/IRIN
  • Themes Environment and Disasters
  • Regions Bangladesh

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