1970 Bhola cyclone Essays

  • 1970 Cyclone of Bangladesh

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    On November 12th, 1970, the deadliest cyclone in the history of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan, struck around the northwest shores of the Bay of Bengal. East Pakistan was undergoing widespread poverty at the time, leading to a wide range of uncertainty in the death toll of the cyclone (Encyclopedia 501). Tensions between East and West Pakistan were at large at the time, leading West Pakistan to be disinclined to assisting East Pakistan in recovering from the storm (History 4). This became a factor

  • Bangladesh Tornado

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    makes Bangladesh one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world today. They are able to experience possible F4 or even F5 intensity tornadoes. Sadly, Bangladesh is also the county where the deadliest tropical cyclone in history struck. On November 11, 1970, the "Bhola Cyclone" killed at least 300,000 people after it sent a 20 to 30 feet high storm surge into the low-lying Bangladesh coastline. I previously mentioned how Bangladesh was already going through a drought during the time of this

  • Doctors Without Borders

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    It was created in order to assist and emphasize the importance of victims' rights. At the same time, Raymond Borel, editor of the French medical journal TONUS, had set up a group called "French Medical Aid" due to Cyclone Bhola which destroyed millions of homes in 1970 and killed at least 625,000 people in eastern Pakistan. Borel intended to hire doctors to help victims of natural disasters. On the 22th December of 1971, the two groups of colleagues merged to form Doctors without

  • The Cold War: India

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    The Third World is the name that was given to the part of the world that was not part of the Industrialized World in the beginning of the Cold War. The First World was America while the Second World was the Soviet Union. The Developing World represents much of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. After most of these countries became independent of western influence and recourses, their infrastructure began to fall apart. The United States and the Soviet Union used their allies for raw materials and markets