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    Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis (Burmese: နာဂစ်; Urdu: نرگس, [ˈnərɡɪs]) was an extremely destructive and deadly tropical cyclone that caused the...
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    Region was the site of heavy devastation when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in early May 2008. The cyclone made landfall on the town of Wagon near Haigyi...
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    been 15 tropical cyclones in the 21st century so far with a death toll of at least 1,000, of which the deadliest was Cyclone Nargis, with at least 138...
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    as 25 Burmese naval ships may have been sunk in the storm caused by Cyclone Nargis in May 2008, while an unknown number of naval personnel and their family...
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    witnessed some of the deadliest storms in the Bay of Bengal, including Cyclone Nargis in May 2008, which struck the low-lying Irrawaddy Delta near Yangon...
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    Unlike during Cyclone Nargis in 2008, the Government of Myanmar took steps to ensure the safety of residents in the path of Cyclone Giri. An estimated...
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    Ocean cyclone on record was Cyclone Amphan in 2020, which caused $15.5 billion in damages. Cyclone Nargis became the second costliest cyclone in 2008...
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  • Look up nargis or Nargis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nargis (1929–1981) was an Indian actress. Nargis may also refer to: Nargis (Pakistani actress)...
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    on a smaller scale, in relief missions, especially after the deadly Cyclone Nargis of May 2008. The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) was formed as the Burmese Air...
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    neighboring Myanmar, Cyclone Nargis struck the low-lying Irrawaddy Delta in May 2008 with strong winds and a 3.7 m (12 ft) storm surge. Nargis killed an estimated...
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    Bangladesh tropical cyclones 1991 Bangladesh cyclone 1999 Odisha cyclone Cyclone Nargis (2008) – the deadliest named tropical cyclone worldwide in terms...
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  • "discipline-flourishing democracy" for the country in the future. On 3 May 2008, Cyclone Nargis devastated the country when winds of up to 215 km/h (135 mph) touched...
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  • the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, and Cyclone Nargis in 2008. In the North Atlantic Ocean, there have been 2,462 tropical cyclones, including at least 1...
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  • response to Military Than Shwe and the junta's blockade of aid to the Cyclone Nargis aftermath victims, the international community called for a Humanitarian...
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    Note: Earlier versions of this list have included the so-called 'Bombay Cyclone of 1882' in tenth position, but this supposed event has been proven to...
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    simultaneously. The first and most destructive storm of the season, Cyclone Nargis struck the Irrawaddy Delta in southern Myanmar, with a 3 to 5 m (9.8...
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    On 2 May 2008, the delta suffered a major disaster, devastated by Cyclone Nargis, which reportedly killed at least 77,000 people with over 55,900 missing...
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    path Cyclone Amphan – Took a similar path and had a similar intensity Cyclone Sidr Cyclone Nargis Cyclone Mora List of Bangladesh tropical cyclones List...
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  • house arrest for a few years. On May 2, 2008, Cyclone Nargis reached the southern part of Myanmar. The cyclone resulted in the death of hundreds of thousands...
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  • topics such as human rights and politics were banned in Burma. When Cyclone Nargis hit her country on May 3, 2008, there were a lot of casualties. It left...
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  • cyclone. Tropical cyclones portal India portal 1839 Coringa cyclone - another deadly cyclone in India during 1839. Cyclone Nargis - a deadly cyclone that...
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    arrest until her release on 13 November 2010. The way the junta handled Cyclone Nargis was also internationally criticised. The council was officially dissolved...
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    later echoed by the NASA and the NOAA. Major natural disasters included Cyclone Nargis in 2008 and earthquakes in Pakistan and China in 2005 and 2008, respectively...
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    twenty-first century, including the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Cyclone Nargis (Myanmar, 2008), Sichuan Earthquake (China, 2008), Haiti Earthquake...
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    Operation Desert Storm, and was part of the attempted US response to Cyclone Nargis. Juneau was decommissioned in 2008, and is part of the National Defense...
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    Myanmar's government was better-equipped to handle disasters since Cyclone Nargis in 2008. The World Food Programme (WFP) in Myanmar said it was preparing...
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    and Mozambique; Storm Daniel, which became the deadliest cyclone worldwide since Cyclone Nargis after killing at least 11,000 people in Libya; a major 6...
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    Storm Nargis (01B), has weakened into a severe cyclonic storm. 3 May 00:00 UTC (5:30 a.m. IST) – The JTWC reports that Tropical Cyclone Nargis (01B),...
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    which later became Amphan. Cyclone Amphan was the strongest storm in the Bay of Bengal in 21 years and would break Nargis of 2008's record as the costliest...
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    cyclones portal Cyclone Gonu – The most powerful tropical cyclone recorded in the Arabian Sea Cyclone Nargis – The sixth-deadliest tropical cyclone recorded...
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