1985 Bangladesh cyclone kills 11,069 people 40 years ago this hour (May 25 1985)


Video: ''Bangladesh Cyclone' DEC Appeal, John Craven BBC 1985'

(Saturday, May 25, 1985, cyclone made landfall around midnight Bangladesh Standard Time near Chittagong, Bangladesh) — A cyclone and tidal surge devastated the southern coast of Bangladesh and offshore islands today, killing more than 11,000 people, flattening houses and destroying crops.

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