News DetailTropical Cyclone Sidr currently making landfall in SW Bangladesh
Posted At: November 15, 2007 @ 10:52 AM
Posted By: Reed Timmer
Related Categories: Hurricanes
Tropical Cyclone Sidr has maintained its intensity over the last 24 hours, with maximum sustained winds currently estimated at 130 knots with gusts to 160 knots as of 12z Thursday. The storm is expected to make landfall over the next few hours over Southwest Bangladesh, and the impacts will be catastrophic. A storm surge of 20+ feet can be expected just to the east of the center at landfall, especially along the numerous river mouths that feed into the Bay of Bengal, which will leave very few structures left standing anywhere in the vicinity of the coast. This is a very bad situation for Bangladesh, and will likely go down as one of the most devastating natural disasters in the country's history.
The updated forecast track map from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center is shown below, which is a worst-case scenario for Bangladesh as most of the major river mouths will be located just to the east of the center at landfall. Thus, strong, persistent southerly flow will "pile-up" the water in these inlets, and the swampy low-lands will be covered in 20+ feet of water. Thankfully, evacuations have been underway in this region for the past 24-48 hours, with residents near the coast being moved well inland as quickly and efficiently as possible. Stay tuned for updates on this dangerous situation. Here are some links to news stories about Sidr:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/15/content_7083396.htm
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/blogs/hurricanes-storms/cyclone-sidr-47111211
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/14/bangladesh.cyclone.ap/index.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12784349/
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/15/content_7083396.htm
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/blogs/hurricanes-storms/cyclone-sidr-47111211
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/14/bangladesh.cyclone.ap/index.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12784349/
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Reed - thanks for the blog update. This storm needs all the attention it can get. It's going to be a while before accurate reports emerge from the affected areas since it's going to be a very chaotic situation. If I hear any news I'll post it here.
Late here so off to sleep. Catch you all tomorrow.
Definitely-James...this could definitely go down as one of the most devastating tropical cyclones in history.
It's a good thing you're not chasing this...a very good thing. You'd be trapped down there for a month.
yea would be unkool to get stuck there for a month unless mabey you traveled more north where isn't as bad the coastal area hope people will be safe and stuff you think out this hurricane there could be a tornado cuz there usely is ina hurricane here
there is one thing we can be thankfull for- the quicker it gets on land the quicker it'll die out since tropcial cyclones thrive on warm water temps
and heres the video's i promised- dont know why its kinda blurry- and the reason that its moving all over place is because i was filming with a regular camcorder- and then my cellphone
http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc106/Tornadomaster22/?action=view¤t=Video000.flv theres the first video
http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc106/Tornadomaster22/?action=view¤t=Video001.flv theres the second video- enjoy
And they say 90% of the worlds pop. will live on the coast in the next 50 years, yeah no.
Nice vid Donny.
Im not sure, documenting this event might benefit the people there to receive more attention and thus more aid. besides being a huge news event in todays world requires tv footage, I think. true you would be stuck there but might help thousands if not millions to get the attention they deserve. considering the short notice of this storm and the hardship to get a visa its just not possible have made it in time though.
Good point Cors...A group of storm chasers would definitely be the safer option. It might be tough to get to the coast from Dhaka this late in the game that's for sure...and the forecast track and intensity has been very uncertain with this storm.
The JTWC and the NHC always under-forecast the rate of intensification and the max these days...climatology is no longer a useful tool?
Hey guys....
Yeh this has been all over the news here aswell, it really isnt looking good i have to say, i hope that no one is killed from this.....
Man i wish to that nobody would die but sadly other events speak for itself its sad but it had to happen somewere. Just sucks that it was there.
And in secondary news im under a snow squall warning for tonight and early friday morning
Yeh Matt in all honestly, sorry if this ofs or upsets people, but, we all knew something like this would happen, it was always oing to but like you say, it should of been anywhere but there...... a place which probably wont have the capability to deal with a disaster of this size....
Ya but its out of are control what happens with weather. Its not like we can tell a tornado to miss the city and it will the reality kicks in and theres nothing that anybody can do about this very bad situation.
From CNN, at this time:
Story Highlights:
*NEW: Thousands of homes destroyed as cyclone comes ashore, residents say
*More than 3 million people expected to be evacuated, official says
*Tropical Cyclone Sidr batters Bangladesh with wind, rain, waves
*Cyclone in the Bay of Bengal packing winds of 149 mph (240 kph)
See the full story here:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/bangladesh.cyclone.ap/index.html
I am actually a little bit surprised that they seem to have had a pretty decent evacuation effort. Good for them.
Oh yeh of course, just a fact of life, but we dont really know whats going to happen, we believe its going to bad and for all we know it could turn out ok...... gunna contridict myself here lol, maybe theevacuations were succesful and no one gets killed, but one of those things, the waiting game.....
Hey can blame ya for thinking positive about this infact thats a good thing. But its hard to think positive from this when you looks at the numbers as far as deaths from that last two storms that went through there. And i hope nobody gets killed also.
Deffinety, the only major cyclone know of is Bhola in was it 1970, i dont know if im honest.....
Arent scientiest now looking at using carbon to change the dirrection of hurricanes and cyclones, if im wrong someone please say but, i think the idea behind it is the carbon is released inside the hurricane lets say, that then absorbs the sun light, starving the hurricane from the heat it needs, this then freezes the surface water causing the hurricane to change dirrection......very slightly possibly only by a few degrees but they could make the difference.....
im not sure about the carbon thing so i cant say.
But also Saturday is looking ok for storms in Southern Texas. Lack of Moisture is the main problem right now.
Ill have to check it out, but im sure they are doing something like that.....actually yeh i know it now, they are bringing back an old project.....In th 1970's there was a project called operation stormtrack or something along those lines, i will check it out in a minuet....but they tried doing that and it worked but there was no proof behind it whether to say it did change the course of the hurricane or whether it would of gone that way anyway so the project was called off...... now they are looking at it again with the technology we have to predict the hurricanes path....
Ya i think i remember seeing a tv show about changing the track of a hurricane i cant remember when it was.
I cant find anything on it at the moment, but i am sure that i am right in that...... and yeh ive seen programs ad read about it, that documentary i think your on about Matt was shown this time last year, i thought it was really good and i dont understand why it wasn't looked at properly by the government at the time....
I remember this because they talked about Katrina and what would have happen if they tried to move its track away from were it hit.
Hey guys found some info about the tornado about 2 miles south of me yesterday http://www.wlextv.com/global/story.asp?s=7362809
Nice Caleb....there was also a tornado in tennessee from what i have heard from a friend.... Reed you may know him, James Adams....
SW JASPER MARION TN ***
SEVERAL VEHICLES DAMAGED IN KIMBALL. CHURCH IN KIMBALL WAS ALSO DAMAGED. TORNADO RATED AS EF2 WITH PEAK WIND SPEED ESTIMATED AT 130 MPH. PATH WIDTH 200 YA (MRX)
Theres some info on the tornado in TN. rated an EF2
A very sad event indeed, but one weather worth documenting.
Hey everyone, what's up? 40 mph winds aren't helping any in my neighborhood. lol.
Hey guy's whats up? I've been home for 3 hours..It went from sunny and a few cloud's at about 4 degrees to 1 degrees and cloudy...with some sunny breaks. I'm really bored right now.. I miss lightning!!
Blehh.. Anyone else under the weather?
Hey AJ im doing alright. 35F right now with snowqualls tonight around 1am. I might stay up late to film it but if i dont ill get pictures in the morning.
Hey AJ and Kenny, hope your both ok....
Anyway guys once agin time difference gets in the way so im off to bed..... have a good one see ya!!
YO KENNY GUSS WHAT? IT SNOWED HERE
I find that hard to believe u had a tornado 2 miles away from you yesterday and it snowed today.
Ahh, but the weather can do anything Matt! It's crazy! lol.
And are you sick Kenny, or trying to make a bad pun? haha
And the current temperature in Louisville is 42F not cold enough for snow. has to be under 32F
Ya well when i was young i had a birthday party that had to moved inside because it was so damn cold. And my birthday is July 30th hahaha
Matt thats not necercerely true well i thought it was but i thought i saw someone post a comment yesterday saying that it had snowed somewhere at 7 degrees c.....thats almost 38 degrees f..... but i dunno lol
i know i said i was going but have to turn me comp off and saw that so thought i would say something lol anyway now im gone see ya!
Hahha but look at this website all it does it proves my point.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fcst/prcp/rs.rxml
Fair play Matt lol was worng but i could of sworn i saw someone say that lol oh well ill admit im wrong lol :P
now i really am gone, have a good one see ya!!
Yeah, I knew the air temp had to be a certain degree before snow forms. It's frost and dew that have a higher forming temp than snow. Here in my part of KS, the temps have to be colder than freezing to sustain snow, but we have a slightly different climate, so... it all depends. lol
hey dont worry about it Tim we all make mistakes sometime in are live.
actually i am going to have to dissagree with you matt- i have personally seen it snow when the temps. have been around 35- however- you also remember evaparotive cooling and the heavier it snows- the more temps. fall
Yeah ive seen it snow here with temps just over frezzing but its more of a wet snow then anything
I wonder how much play this cyclone story will get in the American media this evening, seeing as how Barry Bonds has been indicted by a grand jury on perjury & obstruction of justice charges. Sad to say, but you know what I mean - they'll think this is a bigger story (most likely). We'll have to watch & see.
Matt i ment about 6 hours ago. it was MUCH colder than now. plus i'dont live in louisville! Well gotta go now seya!
Its 3 degress donny so parts of the world are different than others. Its more a wet snow at that temp and just melts right away.Im just going by what that website said.
not arguing with ya caleb but last time i checked in Ontario its much warmer in the middle of the afternoon then it is at 6 oclock at night. i dont know imnot going to agrue with anybody.
ohh i know- i just like that heavy wet snow and like to start snowball fights- now those are fun- but first things first- we have this hurricane to get threw (God lookover them) and then the severe weather middle of next week
Its rained all day here with temps around 35-39F and with temps droping into the mid to high 20s tonight its going to snow. And ill have to PROOF tomorrow morning.
I dont know Donny it looks like the forecast was downgraded from yesterday i have looked at the recent models in a while so maybe ill do that know and voice my opinion on next week.
And also if Saturday in Southern Texas looks ok but lacking moisture for severe weather.
Ohh, I love a good wet snow. The town basically calls a day off, and has some fun. It's also great snowboarding snow, but loose powder is more forgiving. lol.
I wonder what happened to Lanny Dean's SPC outlook for Monday... ?
lets just see if the models can finnally get there act together cause we all know how much they like to flip-flop
im so happy there sayin for over the weekend on saturday night to early sunday rain switching over to a light snow im happy
Hey Reed,
Did you hear about the potential blizzard in E Nebraska and Iowa next week! Looks like it could get crazy for some parts of the Central Plains. Hopefully it won't cause to much travel trouble since the storm should impact (based on the GFS) somehwere between the Tues-Thurs timeframe. All I know is for us folks up in KC and points north its gonna be one cold turkey day.
Michael O
hopefully that doesn't reach nj cause im goin to the macy's day parade in nyc and i had rain last year and it was miserable.
I think Reed should post about the potent blizzard just in time for thanksgiving! Even parts of Oklahoma could see snow!!!
Donny im more interested on the weekend for Soutern Texas i dont know but the CAPE is going to be strong. The cap might be an issue but other then that i not really sure.
Matt, nothing interesting will happen down there I'm sure.
SNOW IS COMMING!!! AAAAHHHHH agjjsdagkgsdasgajkl
No AJ, I'm not sick. I'm just feeling "Under The Weather" As in it's boring and there's nothing Exciting around here...Hasn't been since it snowed...but even that wasn't THAT exciting..You know you just gave me an idea for 2008 AJ! "Under The Weather" "Bike Chasing Full Throttle" Haha Yes! I finally have the title for next season!! Thank's man!! lol.
Cool Caleb! How much did it snow?
Well will just have to wait and see. I no freakin genoius at this stuff so i basicly have no clue.
I just don't see why everyone is still talking about hurricanes and severe weather right now when there is a blizzard comming!
Ya well theres a freakin hurricane crushing Bangladesh that could kill thousands of people id rather talk about that then snow. As a matter of fact im getting snowqualls tonight but this is far more important then snow.
Big Deal it's not effecting me. It's not like your gonna go over there and save em. Besides isn't hurricane season over?
Zack, Hurricane season isn't over till Nov 30th. Just don't make a big deal out of it and stop argueing. Matt can say what he want's so just chill out. I do agree with Matt though, This hurricane is the main concern right now. That's why it's on the blog. Snow isn't more important then this right now, you'll get your turn, so just calm down.
ahaha...No problem Kenny. I was just wondering... I guess I turned out to be more help than I though ;)
Snow?!?! Already?!?! AAAAAAAA! lol. And it's a cyclone, and yes it could kill ALOT of people. Being human, I care enough to say it's sad, but there's nothing I can do to save anyone or stop it from making landfall. Besides, it's best not to stay on the negative track all the time.
Kenny just a little dusting.... but I did see a mini snow vortex about the size of a small dustsevil.
I HAVE TO DO THE ELETRIC SLIDE AT SCHOOL TOMARROW AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH FWVJQFCFKKKBVFHVFJCJRE
And it is the topic of the blog. We tend to get a little side-tracked here on TV.net, and not stay on topic. It's not a bad thing, per se, but just something that happens.
And yeah, calm down please, or I might have to post the letters M, C, and S together in one sentence. ;)
Sorry... But hurricanes REALLY dont interest me much.
But yeah I guess I do feel bad for those people.
Sorry if I offended anyone.
And yes AJ it's gonna snow! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
sorry..
I always come the theory of what if it was you.
If you got hit a massive tornado( i know you already have) but how would u feel if i said ah big deal its not affecting me. Id be pretty pissed off so ya just think about it that way what if it was you.
Anyways im out my Leafs are playing tonight and there going to lose anyways so i dont know why i waist 2.5 hours watching it. Anyways peace out
AJ what do you mean by M, C, and S? this^^^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVDd66UQwGY
hahaha. Not exactly Caleb. I meant the phrase MCS, or mesoscale convective system, or a nasty ball of goo that deters any severe weather. And no, I don't think anyone's offended, just learning our different opinions is all.
I gotta go too, dinner's calling. See ya!
Incredible: ABC World News said n-o-t-h-i-n-g ... NOTHING, NADA, ZIP, ZERO, ZILCH about this situation in the Bay of Bengal region.
Guess what the top story is? BARRY BONDS
Guess what the top story is on CNN? BARRY BONDS
This story has dropped to the #4 headline on the World section of CNN - and that story is the same one I posted hours ago.
The BBC also has this as the #4 story, behind "Iran (ahem) 'Nuke Threat'", "Bhutto Freed from House Arrest," and, guess what else? BARRY BONDS!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
At least they do have an updated story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7095763.stm
I mean, consider what this sounds like. "... AND IN OTHER NEWS ... tens of thousands are feared dead after Tropical Cyclone Sidr came ashore in the Bay of Bengal Region..."
DOESN'T THAT SEEM ODD????? "IN OTHER NEWS?!?!?!" As if to say, "And, in news NOT AS IMPORTANT AS BARRY BONDS!!!!..."
AFGDVSHBJKFCNDOIKLJMDJ~HZJ~K~BMNMSDKLCN~ KJXNJNCHJVXB~KVCBSXNJKB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(no coffee or anything - honest!)
i heidi-thats a bunch of i'll just say it it's bullshit- sorry for the language- but thats my opnion on it
Yeah that is kinda weaird.....
Se you guys
Either Heidi drank coffie or she turnd into pee wee her man or james brown! LOL
Hey hey!! How's it going?? Did ya all hear about Barry Bonds?? He's being indicted and Blah blah blah, oh and btw Sidr's pounding SE Asia!! JK Heidi!!
The only thing I care about baseball wise right now is who's gonna sign my centerfielder, and become my new favorite team?? F43ck the Twinkies!! They might just as well get rid of all their good players AGAIN!! =(
Yeah, the news is being heavily biased with bullcrap lately. That's why I don't watch TV news anymore hardly. It's almost all negative crap.
Chilly evening out there?
Nah, Heidi's high off of life right now I think ;) haha And she has motivation to be angry, so it works. lol
YO REED and whoever else.....have any good sites i can go to for the possible snow storm during thanksgiving.....or any models that i can look at please!!!
Here's a holiday forecast for precip. It's really far off for it to be really accurate, but it should help.
http://www.weather.gov/forecasts/graphical/sectors/conusWeek.php
ahh i found a good one i think
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/fxus06.html
Heidi, I agree, It is unbelievable that BB could grab the top headlines when something of this magnatude is going on in the world. I pray those people found safe harbor. I am amazed after reading the artical though that there were people out fishing! Now they are lost! Crazy!
Reports of up to 1000 fishermen missing in the wake of the storm. 16 missing in Cox's Bazaar after their boat sank. Haven't heard much from Kolkata or Dhaka.
This is how I would have chased this if I'd had visa and enough cash to spare and assuming a dead set track from 3 days out (which never happens.)
Ideally would have been with another chaser. Would have arrived in Dhaka at least 48 hours before and stocked up on food and water to keep me going for at least 2 weeks (plus batteries.) Then I would have tried to organise a boat. During landfall I would have rode this out in Dhaka and then as soon as the winds were low enough attempted to reach said boat and go out and document the flooding/aftermath.
Chasing a storm down here would be at least a 2 week trip and I'd bee prepared for that.
lol responding to Brady's comment about the twinkies, i don't care much for baseball, but the twins did suck this season. And i think everyone knew something would happen to Mr. Bonds eventually. I want snow! Next week looked a lil promising for snow here in MN, but now the forecast models are backing off on storm development-argh!
All I can say is, don't buy into the news and liberal media!!
I'm not gonna go on any political rants, and I don't wanna bring up battles in that department here... but ya all gotta agree that they can screw things up quick!! I have found the best place to get the news that matters to me is.. here!! I don't here much BS here!! Just honest points and stands on things, and of course weather!! =)
Tim... They did suck!! My Twins are the only thing sports wise I love!! They have never been the best (except 1987 & 1991) But they are a good team to have to call the home team!! You couldn't imagine how sad I was when Kirby Puckett Died!! I never felt that emotion until then!! And having Torii Hunter there too do 10x better in my opinion was the best thing in the world!! I damn near cry when Kirby jr threw out the first pitch to Torii on Opening day 2006!! To lose him like this is a HUGE loss to all Twins fans!! I'll shut up about baseball now!!
Yea i do like our home baseball team, the Twins, that's about the only home team i like living here in MN, well that's not true. I do like the Gophers college mens hockey team, and the Wild NHL team. Last year, the Twins did pretty good, i remember them in the playoffs, but this season they were pretty bad.
i didn't know kirby pucket died brady- he wa a good baseball player
Hey!! what us Twins fans Call "Twins Territory" spreads through much of "Tornado Alley"!! People through out the midwest watch and listen to em!! There is just something about listening to the game out on the big lake!! or at the cabin!! I see ya didn't mention the Vikes Tim!! TY!! hehe I like the Wild!! They're great!! but they make me miss the Northstars!!hehe They were awesome!!
lol yea no offense to any Viking fans on here, but i hate them, just as much as i hate the Chicago Bears-lol. Yea when my brother and I are out storm chasing will sometimes have the Twins game on the radio. I too miss the old Minnesota Northstars, but i'm just happy to see that professional hockey is back here in Minnesota!
WoW!! Donny, I'm sorry ya missed that!! ya see... everyone knew who he was!! And to say I've been in the same building as him, not to mention how he played everyday just a few hours from me is a big honor in my book!! but anyway... Sry Heidi!! Didn't mean to bring Baseball into a blog about Sidr!!! but ya see what it means to us damn Americans!! hehe
the weather channel was talking about Sidr last evening, showing the storm on satellite, that tropical cyclone looked very intense. I haven't been paying that much attention to the news here Tonight, but i saw that it was making landfill earlier Today..
Sounds like an unstoppable plan James.
Next year I'm your man.
Terrible about the 1000 missing so far...hopefully that will be it...but I doubt it. We probably won't get any accurate reports out of there for a few days.
In other sports news... Number 2 Oregon is about to lose to unranked Arizona!
the way this college football season has gone so far, i'm not surprised at all that Oregon lost Tonight. But, they also lost their starting QB to an injury earlier in the game, not to make excuses here. Hey Brady, looks like there could be some lake effect snow along the Northshore of Lake Superior starting later Tomorrow
oh well tim, at least beckham got a proper coach now....:P
Heidi! who the f is barry bonds??? lol I must be loosing the edge, I heard about OJ and the dawg...but barry??loool
Reed! I'm his main man next year!! grrrr lool
James we eurotrash should stick together! Tune! heheh u know wot i mean. :D....Reed doesnt know wot "tune!"means now does he.... :P
Cors.......Barry Bonds is the so called homerun King in Baseball, that lied about not doing steriods! GRRR. LOL.
OOOOOOOOOhhhhh, but I though america was build on steroids.....haha
hehe sometimes its pretty funny wot foreigners think/say about the U.S. generally most think americans are all idiots but thats just because they just got the jerry springer show...lol(bad move america!) dont show us that shit lol. anyway when u look closer which most non usa peeps never do is that u notice u guys are way ahead of us in almost every way, except music maybe ;)
Kim, are you still here? (I have a chat on: insaneweather.com) come over if u like ;)
lol, I BET they do Cors......! and umm the Jerry Springer show........yep your right bad move!
LOL Cors!
Look forward to chasing a storm with you sometime soon Reed.
Death toll up to 118 and apparently 3 towns which are home to combined population of 700,000 have been innundated by the surge!
Not good.
I actually found something to watch at 2 AM lol...on National Geographic Canada, smiliar to thosen STORMCHASERS episodes...
Tornado Intercept: "Filmmaker Sean Casey risks his life trying to get a shot from inside a whirling tornado by using a steel-plated vehicle"
And i think its cool how many of your video clips are on this show. 17 minutes in and I've recognized all the clips haha
Ha I just watched that too SKgirl
It was better than stormchasers, I thought.
"Back up! Seriously!"
haha
lots of excellent footage in that show
I was just going through some old comments, check this out....a classic!
Posted By Daniel | May 3, 2007 @ 10:35 PM #
At least I'm not the jackass that drove to south dakota 12 times last year and saw nothing but blue sky and then sat out the biggest day of year cuz he didn't want to drive by himself. But then again, none of these other jackasses were willing to drive with you so i guess its just as much their fault as yours.
Posted By Reed | May 3, 2007 @ 11:05 PM #
Storm chasing is not about miles driven, it's about tornadoes seen my son.
Rope it in.
How can a storm chaser hit below the belt like that the day before an outbreak. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
we all know how this story ended....
Cool heads prevail! That was the day before I FOUND this sight Cors........that was classic!
Sidr death toll now at 328 and rising....
Sidr what's in a name.....
everything!......James you should come over next spring to oklahoma!
donttouchmeimagrasshopper later
Hey Guys.
I got a little snow last night. about 10cm i think could be more. I might drive around other places today to see what they got. Anyways i have pictures and a little video from last night. My camera isnt so good a night so you really dont see much. Anyways ill upload the pics later on.
Death toll up to at least 500 people and rising
Not Good.
Well, the world has apparently caught on that the situation in Bangladesh is a "news story". I guess it's okay to have it as a headline now that people have died by the hundreds.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/16/bangladesh.cyclone/index.html
I was going to post other links, but the "major networks" have essentially the same AP story running, and I think the one from CNN is the most up-to-date anyway.
That's awesome you saw it too PB! I just hope they will re-air during the day so that I can not fall asleep in the last few minutes :X. Made me quite angry (damn sleep lol)
Death toll in Bangladesh up to at least 1,100. :-( (See ^^).
(A link on that page also notes that under Saudi Sharia law, a Saudi girl who was the _victim_ of a gang rape was just sentenced to 200 lashes. Gotta love that Islamic law.)
Good video Cors. Sounds like the death toll is going to continue going up because there are over a 1000 fisherman missing who were on approx. 150 boats fishing at sea when the storm moved in. Doesn't sound good over there at all.
Hey guys how is it going....
it really isn't looking good over there from what has been said here, i haven't had time to check it out but will do now....
looks like i will be on for all of tonight being as it is children in need so my mum has said i can stay up to watch it lol :)
1070 people dead, teh casualy will rise much as the day progresses. http://www.bdnews24.com/home.php and http://www.thedailystar.net/
naima
Terrible Situation....:(
May Almighty bless all...
regards,
Samiha Esha.