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Patuakhali, Bangladesh

Deadly storm: A powerful cyclone battered Bangladesh’s southern coastline for four days last week, leaving thousands dead and hundreds of thousands stunned and homeless. As rescue workers this week dug furiously through the rubble of entire villages that had been flattened by the storm’s 150 mph winds, the death toll of more than 3,000 was expected to climb much higher. Many of the dead apparently had ignored an alert issued by authorities. “Just before midnight the winds came like hundreds of demons,” said Dhalan Mridha, a 45-year-old farmworker. “Our small hut was swept away like a piece of paper.” During the ensuing chaos, Mridha lost contact with his wife, mother, and two children. He found their bodies

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