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/ 15 November 2007
A super cyclone was bearing down rapidly on Bangladesh’s south-west coastline on Thursday, ripping off tin roofs from houses and uprooting trees, as hundreds of thousands were evacuated to safer ground. London-based Tropical Storm Risk said Cyclone Sidr was a category-four storm, packing winds of 250km/h.
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/ 15 November 2007
The outer reaches of an expected severe cyclone buffeted Saint Martin’s island off Bangladesh’s coast on Thursday, as tens of thousands of mainlanders were evacuated to shelters and high land, officials said. Strong winds with a speed of about 80km/h started slamming the island at about noon.