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5 unusual facts about Cyclone Sidr


2007 in Bangladesh

15 November - Cyclone Sidr hits the coast, causing the death of around 3,447 people.

Sidr

Cyclone Sidr, a super cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal in 2007.

Teacher-Student Centre, University of Dhaka

The students activities also included donating reliefs, for example during the devastating flood of 1987 and also the recent Sidr in 2007.

Tiger attacks in the Sundarbans

This is particularly due to the devastation on the Bangladeshi side of the swamp caused by Cyclone Sidr which has deprived tigers of traditional food sources (due to the natural upheaval) and has pushed them over towards the more populated Indian side of the swamp.

Tim Southee

The game, played at Northern Districts' home ground of Seddon Park in Hamilton, was a charity match for cyclone relief in Bangladesh, and not a full international.



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