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Images of the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis that hit Myanmar on May 3rd, 2008. Photos taken by World Concern fieldworkers.
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The first thing the villagers rebuilt after the cyclone was a makeshift mosque. Cyclone Sidr swept through southwestern Bangladesh on Novenber 16, destroying homes, crops and wildlife. The zinc roofs and wooden walls of many homes in villages throughout the worst-hit Khulna and Barisal divisions were unable to withstand the winds that hit on November 16, and rice fields were destroyed for a third time after floods earlier this year as rivers overflowed their banks. Official death toll figures stand at 2,000, although the Red Cross estimates that up to 10,000 may have perished in the storm. Relief efforts have been unable to reach some rural districts, hampered by destroyed roads and lack of information. Barisal, Bangladesh. Novenber 18, 2007.
A Red Crescent volunteer during a cyclone warning exercise. She recently alerted her community to approaching cyclone Aila.
Photo credit: Claudia Janke/British Red Cross
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Scattered furniture amidst collasped houses in a village near Amtoli. Cyclone Sidr swept through southwestern Bangladesh on Novenber 16, destroying homes, crops and wildlife. The zinc roofs and wooden walls of many homes in villages throughout the worst-hit Khulna and Barisal divisions were unable to withstand the winds that hit on November 16, and rice fields were destroyed for a third time after floods earlier this year as rivers overflowed their banks. Official death toll figures stand at 2,000, although the Red Cross estimates that up to 10,000 may have perished in the storm. Relief efforts have been unable to reach some rural districts, hampered by destroyed roads and lack of information. Barisal, Bangladesh. Novenber 18, 2007.
When Cyclone Thane of 2011 hit Parasureddy Palayam village in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu, trees falling over thatched and tiled roofs damaged many houses. People in this inland village have seen cyclones before, but never thought the wind speed would cross 137 kilometers per hour. (Photo: MM/ Kalvi Kendra/ Cordaid)
Annual maintenance on the Cyclone Roller Coaster keeps the jewel of Luna Park in Coney Island running smoothly.
Impact assessment: damages caused by cyclone Gafilo, March 2004, Madagascar, over 800,000 victims all over the country - Team Leader G. Tadonki
tropical cyclone yasi off the coast of queensland. yasi looks like those red spots on the moon or a large blood red yolked egg frying in the frying pan of the ocean. it's due to hit land tomorrow. I'm hoping it dissipates before then, because it looks nasty! it looks bigger than the gulf of carpenteria / Qld peninsular. Cairns is being evacuted. Qld really needs a break from Nature - has been hit quite hard recently.
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A mother tries to make the best of what is left of her house in Horingkula, in Barisal division. Cyclone Sidr swept through southwestern Bangladesh on Novenber 16, destroying homes, crops and wildlife. The zinc roofs and wooden walls of many homes in villages throughout the worst-hit Khulna and Barisal divisions were unable to withstand the winds that hit on November 16, and rice fields were destroyed for a third time after floods earlier this year as rivers overflowed their banks. Official death toll figures stand at 2,000, although the Red Cross estimates that up to 10,000 may have perished in the storm. Relief efforts have been unable to reach some rural districts, hampered by destroyed roads and lack of information. Barisal, Bangladesh. Novenber 18, 2007.
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A water logged Bangladeshi woman moves with her children after the cyclone Aila hit leaving at least 20 dead and 100 were missing at Gabura, Satkhira 26 May 2009. The death toll rises 34 in several coast line areas as most of the houses, crops field, cattle have been washed away during the cyclone..EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH
Tropical cyclones, or hurricanes or typhoons, are storm weather systems, characterized by a low pressure center, thunderstorms and high windspeeds. As the name testifies, these occur in the areas between the tropics, in the tropical areas. Cyclones can, after they have formed in the oceans, move in over populated areas, creating much damage and even natural disasters.
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Divers swim over pristine hard corals at Cyclone Reef, Tufi Dive Resort, Oro Prfovince, Papua New Guinea.
Tafitoala, SW Coast - river systems caused havoc for households, killing a 30 year old disabled man.
People stay under their house after cyclone Nargis hit the town of Phyar Pon near Bogalay, southwest of Yangon May 8, 2008. Survivors with harrowing tales of villages smashed by cyclone Nargis are paddling wooden boats to the Myanmar town of Bogalay to find whole streets destroyed and food and water scarce. Almost no aid has reached one of the hardest-hit towns in the Irrawaddy delta of around 50,000 inhabitants, where the storm tore rice mills apart and washed away fishing boats. REUTERS/Strringer (MYANMAR)