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A family lives under the open sky after their home was devastated by storm at Bakerganj
17 Nov 2007
Source: Reuters
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A family lives under the open sky after their home was devastated by a storm at Bakerganj, south west of the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, November 17, 2007. Military ships and helicopters were trying on Saturday to reach thousands of survivors of a super cyclone that killed more than 1,600 people and pummelled impoverished Bangladesh with mighty winds and waves. REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman (BANGLADESH)
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A survivor of Cyclone Sidr collects a bottle of drinking water from a relief team in Sarankhola, 420 km (261 miles) from the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, November 20, 2007. Relief workers and the Bangladesh army, air force and navy intensified efforts on Tuesday to reach millions of survivors of a cyclone that killed nearly 3,500 people along the Bay of Bengal. REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman (BANGLADESH)


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