Press Release Scotland - 29 November 2007
Just Back Report from Bangladesh
Habib Malik who works for Islamic Relief has just returned from Bangladesh where the entire coastal area, home to an estimated 10 million people, was battered by Cyclone Sidr less than two weeks ago, then pounded by nearly a week of torrential rains.
To give some perspective of the impact of this particular cyclone, it was rated Category 4, Hurricane Katrina was a Category 4, so the devastation it has caused in such a poor part of the globe is extensive and will take a long time to address.
Travelling through the coastal districts of Bagarat, Morolganj and Patuakhali I saw the same scenes repeared, entire villages destroyed, homes, businesses, and livehlihoods swept away by the winds and suffering on a grand scale. One of the first operations.........
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