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Bengali Cyclone Toll Hits 1,100

Relief slowed as power, phones remain out

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 16, 2007 2:31 PM CST

(Newser) – The death toll from yesterday’s cyclone in Bangladesh has risen to 1,100, and widespread power and telephone shortages are slowing relief work. The full devastation may not be known for days. Relief agencies have descended on the impoverished nation, but blocked roads and rivers make reaching the worst-hit areas difficult, the AP reports.

The storm's 150-mph winds devastated whole villages, leveling as many as 80% of trees in affected regions and leaving valley areas and islands under water. Power remained out in the capital, Dhaka, where winds unmoored billboards and uprooted trees, authorities said. More than 650,000 coastal Bengalis were relocated to shelters.

Cars and buses make their way through flooded streets in Lahore, Pakistan after heavy rainfall in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, June 29, 2007. The widespread flooding struck in the wake of a cyclone that... (Associated Press)

People walk in a queue on a road submerged in water after heavy rainfall in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, June 29, 2007. The widespread flooding struck in the wake of a cyclone that dumped torrential rains... (Associated Press)

People walk on a road submerged in water after heavy rainfall in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday June 29, 2007. The widespread flooding struck in the wake of a cyclone that dumped torrential rains on the province... (Associated Press)

Residents travel through rain on a three wheeler in Barisal, 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of Bangladesh capital Dhaka, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007. Ten of thousands of coastal villagers took shelter inland... (Associated Press)

Residents look on as it rains in Barisal, 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007. More than 600,000 coastal villagers took shelter inland Thursday as a... (Associated Press)

This satellite view, supplied by NASA, shows Tropical Cyclone Sidr which swept in from the Bay of Bengal, on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007. The powerful cyclone packing 149 mph winds slammed into Bangladesh... (Associated Press)

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