PATHARGHATA, Bangladesh (CNN) -- Five days after
Cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh, an overwhelming stench
filled the air Tuesday as rotting bodies and animal
carcasses floated in pools of stagnant water around
the coastal city of Patharghata.
Villagers complained about lack of government help and
suggested the official death toll estimates were far
lower than the reality they see, according to CNN's
Cal Perry who arrived there Tuesday.
Despite grim assessments from relief workers arriving
in previously unreached areas, military chief Gen.
Moeen Ahmad estimated the number of people killed
would reach about 5,000. The Bangladesh Red Crescent
chairman has said the death toll could reach 10,000.
The last official death toll from Cyclone Sidr, one of
the worst storms to strike the impoverished country in
recent years, issued Monday was 3,114, but many areas
of the South Asian nation remained unreached by relief
workers. . .
For details please visit the CNN link below:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/bangladesh.cyclone/index.html
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Now, please view the following 5 CNN videos using the
link below:
1) Bangladesh island refuge: Aid begins to reach
Bangladesh cyclone survivors. CNN's Dan Rivers finds
scores of them huddled on an isolated island.
2) Grief and desperation (Viewer discretion advised):
Days after the storm, some Bangladeshi villages are
still isolated. CNN's Cal Perry reports.
3)Cyclone Sidr victims: With each day that passes, the
situation grows more dire for many in rural southern
Bangladesh. CNN's Cal Perry reports.
4)Rural devastation from cyclone: CNN's Dan Rivers is
in the small Bangladesh town of Patuakhali to reveal
the devastation of this rural area.
5) Victims - No cyclone warning: CNN's Dan Rivers
reports from a area of Bangladesh where people say the
weren't warned of cyclone Sidr.
Survivors grieve for cyclone dead -
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/bangladesh.cyclone/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
Please pray for them and help if you can.
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Kumar Islam
Chicago, Illinois
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