Bangladesh cyclone death toll hits 15,000

[dramama]

Up to 15,000 people were killed and seven million lives left devastated by the cyclone in Bangladesh last week, aid agencies have said as the full extent of the disaster became clear.


In the worst affected districts, 90 pc of homes and 95 pc of rice crops and valuable prawn farms were obliterated by the winds


The Bangladeshi Red Crescent Society, the country's main humanitarian group, said that more than 3,000 bodies had already been recovered from villages shattered by Cyclone Sidr's 150mph winds.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/19/wcyclone119.xml

[Butterflykisses]

Wow, last thing I heard was 2300 and could be 10,000. Is the actually number 15,000? MAy God help the people over there.

[sometime soon]

when you think you are having a really bad time the Lord shows you that there is always someone out there having a worse time than you. Praying for the poor ,hungery and hurting people of Bangladesh,Please Lord Jesus care for the children there and all others.:pray:pray:pray

[canuckmedic]

Don't worry, I'm sure countries such as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Egypt will leap in and help...

/sarcasm.

It'll be the west again.

[HisAlways]

Wow, last thing I heard was 2300 and could be 10,000. Is the actually number 15,000? MAy God help the people over there.

That was the last I heard. Jumped very quickly.