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| Nov.24 |
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Bridge collapse causes more miser A section of a bridge collapsed as thousands of hungry cyclone victims stampeded toward aid workers delivering rice
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| Nov.21 |
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Struggle to help cyclone survivors Overburdened relief centers scrambled to help tens of thousands, and fist fights broke out among victims waiting for rice
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| Nov.20 |
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Villagers dispute cyclone death toll Map of Patharghata Bangladesh 5 days after Cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh, an overwhelming stench filled the air as rotting bodies and animal carcasses floated
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| Nov.18 |
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Cyclone death toll surpasses 3,000  The number of dead killed from Cyclone Sidr is expected to rise as the country continues to assess the damage
| Rescue and relief teams have reached much of remote Bangladesh devastated by a powerful cyclone. An estimated 1 million families are thought to have been affected
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Cyclone death toll hits 2,000 Sidr is one of the worst storms to strike the impoverished country of Bangladesh in recent years. Bangladesh continues to assess the damage
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| Nov.17 |
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Cyclone death toll hits 1,700 As flood waters recede, aid workers expect to find scores more bodies when remote villages are reached and the counting is done
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| Nov.16 |
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Cyclone rescue effort under way Aid workers are struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of survivors from a cyclone that ripped through southern and central Bangladesh
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| Nov.15 |
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Cyclone hits: More than 200 dead  | Cyclone Sidr packing 150 mph winds slammed southeast coast, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes. The death toll could rise and that the... | |
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Millions to evacuate as cyclone slams A powerful cyclone is tearing down flimsy houses, toppling trees and power poles, and forcing
hundreds of thousands to flee their homes
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| Nov.14 |
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Bangladesh braces for cyclone Volunteers helped evacuate thousands of people from southern coast and the government warned ships to seek shelter
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Millions flee as typhoon rips into China
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| Aug.7 |
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Millions face flood disease threat  | India: The UN is warning of a health crisis in southern Asia, where 30 million people have been overwhelmed by the rains and flash flooding. The floods have killed 360 and affected... | |
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| Aug.6 |
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Monsoon recedes, death toll rises India: Floodwaters receded in parts of monsoon-soaked South Asia on but the death toll reached 311. Tens of millions remain displaced and homeless
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| Aug.3 |
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Millions flee 'worst ever' floods India: United Nations: the worst flooding in living memory. More than 1,000 people have been killed or injured by waters
| the floods affected India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. 20 million people are known to have fled their homes or trapped in villages. Almost 200 have died in the floods in the last few days
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| Aug.2 |
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Monsoon floods claim more than 160 India: Teeming rains have inundated wide swaths of northern India and Bangladesh, washing away villages and farmland that 19 million people depend ...
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| Jun.11 |
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Mudslides kill at least 71 Map of Chittagong Bangladesh Mudslides were following heavy rain in the port town of Chittagong. Many are missing after a hill collapsed onto a shanty town
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| May.15 |
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Tides flood villages
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| Jan.7 |
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Police probes deadly bus blaze
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| Jul.11 |
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Many dead in rail crash
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| Jun.8 |
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Boat capsizes, 16 dead
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| Feb.23 |
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85 killed in blaze A fire at a textile mill in the south-eastern port city of Chittagong
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Major quake kills thousands
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| Apr.11 |
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Factory blast kills 17 A 9-story garment factory collapsed following a boiler explosion, killing at least 15 people and trapping 200 others
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| Feb.20 |
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83 dead, 130 missing in ferry disaster A boat with 260 people on board capsized overnight when it was hit by a tornado near capital Dhaka
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| Aug.2 |
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Flood aftermath compounds misery Disease is adding to the misery of millions of people still huddled in shelters or stranded in their flooded homes
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| Jul.29 |
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Flood health crisis looms in Dhaka
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| Jul.13 |
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Flood havoc mounts in South Asia| More than 10 million people are battling what some officials are calling the worst monsoon floods for over a decade | |
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| May.23 |
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180 missing in river ferry capsize At least 15 people have been confirmed dead, 5 of them children, while about 50 were able to swim ashore
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| Jul.9 |
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500 feared dead in ferry tragedy A passenger ferry sank in a river in southern Bangladesh. 250 people either swam to shore or were rescued
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| Apr.21 |
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Scores dead in ferries
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| Dec.1 |
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Stampede kills 36 A rich businessman was giving away clothes and money. A wall and an iron gate collapsed
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| May.3 |
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More than 100 dead in ferry tragedy
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| Dec.1 |
Stampede kills 36 A rich businessman was giving away clothes and money. A wall and an iron gate collapsed
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| Feb.23 |
85 killed in blaze A fire at a textile mill in the south-eastern port city of Chittagong
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| 2007 |
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| Aug.6 |
Monsoon recedes, death toll rises India: Floodwaters receded in parts of monsoon-soaked South Asia on but the death toll reached 311. Tens of millions remain displaced and homeless
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| Aug.3 |
Millions flee 'worst ever' floods India: United Nations: the worst flooding in living memory. More than 1,000 people have been killed or injured by waters
| the floods affected India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. 20 million people are known to have fled their homes or trapped in villages. Almost 200 have died in the floods in the last few days
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| Aug.2 |
Monsoon floods claim more than 160 India: Teeming rains have inundated wide swaths of northern India and Bangladesh, washing away villages and farmland that 19 million people depend ...
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| May.15 |
Tides flood villages
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| Jul.13 |
Flood havoc mounts in South Asia| More than 10 million people are battling what some officials are calling the worst monsoon floods for over a decade | |
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| 2007 |
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| Nov.24 |
Bridge collapse causes more miser A section of a bridge collapsed as thousands of hungry cyclone victims stampeded toward aid workers delivering rice
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| 2006 |
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| Jul.11 |
Many dead in rail crash
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.7 |
Police probes deadly bus blaze
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| 2007 |
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| Aug.7 |
Millions face flood disease threat  | India: The UN is warning of a health crisis in southern Asia, where 30 million people have been overwhelmed by the rains and flash flooding. The floods have killed 360 and affected... | |
| 2004 |
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| Aug.2 |
Flood aftermath compounds misery Disease is adding to the misery of millions of people still huddled in shelters or stranded in their flooded homes
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| Jul.29 |
Flood health crisis looms in Dhaka
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| 2007 |
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| Nov.16 |
Cyclone rescue effort under way Aid workers are struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of survivors from a cyclone that ripped through southern and central Bangladesh
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| 2006 |
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| Jun.8 |
Boat capsizes, 16 dead
| 2005 |
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| Feb.20 |
83 dead, 130 missing in ferry disaster A boat with 260 people on board capsized overnight when it was hit by a tornado near capital Dhaka
| 2004 |
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| May.23 |
180 missing in river ferry capsize At least 15 people have been confirmed dead, 5 of them children, while about 50 were able to swim ashore
| 2003 |
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| Jul.9 |
500 feared dead in ferry tragedy A passenger ferry sank in a river in southern Bangladesh. 250 people either swam to shore or were rescued
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| Apr.21 |
Scores dead in ferries
| 2002 |
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| May.3 |
More than 100 dead in ferry tragedy
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| 2007 |
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| Nov.21 |
Struggle to help cyclone survivors Overburdened relief centers scrambled to help tens of thousands, and fist fights broke out among victims waiting for rice
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| Nov.20 |
Villagers dispute cyclone death toll Map of Patharghata Bangladesh 5 days after Cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh, an overwhelming stench filled the air as rotting bodies and animal carcasses floated
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| Nov.18 |
Cyclone death toll surpasses 3,000  The number of dead killed from Cyclone Sidr is expected to rise as the country continues to assess the damage
| Rescue and relief teams have reached much of remote Bangladesh devastated by a powerful cyclone. An estimated 1 million families are thought to have been affected
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| Nov.18 |
Cyclone death toll hits 2,000 Sidr is one of the worst storms to strike the impoverished country of Bangladesh in recent years. Bangladesh continues to assess the damage
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| Nov.17 |
Cyclone death toll hits 1,700 As flood waters recede, aid workers expect to find scores more bodies when remote villages are reached and the counting is done
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| Nov.15 |
Cyclone hits: More than 200 dead  | Cyclone Sidr packing 150 mph winds slammed southeast coast, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes. The death toll could rise and that the... | |
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| Nov.15 |
Millions to evacuate as cyclone slams A powerful cyclone is tearing down flimsy houses, toppling trees and power poles, and forcing
hundreds of thousands to flee their homes
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| Nov.14 |
Bangladesh braces for cyclone Volunteers helped evacuate thousands of people from southern coast and the government warned ships to seek shelter
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| 2005 |
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| Apr.11 |
Factory blast kills 17 A 9-story garment factory collapsed following a boiler explosion, killing at least 15 people and trapping 200 others
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| 2007 |
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| Jun.11 |
Mudslides kill at least 71 Map of Chittagong Bangladesh Mudslides were following heavy rain in the port town of Chittagong. Many are missing after a hill collapsed onto a shanty town
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