Cyclone Aila lashes Eastern India and Bangladesh

 
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In May 2009, cyclone Aila slammed into the coastal areas of eastern India and Bangladesh, killed about 190 people and some 3.9 million people were affected.

A woman holding a child stands outside a makeshift shelter in Khulna, southwestern Bangladesh, on May 28, 2009. At least 131 people died and 1,123 people are still missing after the cyclone Aila hit Bangladesh's southwestern coast on Monday, officials said on Thursday.

A woman holding a child stands outside a makeshift shelter in Khulna, southwestern Bangladesh, on May 28, 2009. At least 131 people died and 1,123 people were still missing after the cyclone Aila hit Bangladesh's southwestern coast on Monday, officials said on Thursday. [Qamruzzaman/Xinhua] 


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