バングラデシュを襲来したサイクロン"Sidr"による被害について

Abstract

2007年11月中旬に，サイクロン"Sidr"によりバングラデシュのベンガル湾沿岸地域では大きな被害が発生した。このサイクロン災害は過去20年で最悪のもののひとつである。死者と行方不明者は4000人を超え，総被災者数は900万人に及んでいる。上陸時の最低気圧は944hPa，最大瞬間風速は69ms-1が観測されている。高潮や高波の高さは5ないし6mに達し，海岸の堤防を越えたことが報告されている。

Bangladesh was seriously damaged by the cyclone ""Sidr"" in the middle of November, 2007, which is one of the severest cyclones in the last two decades years. The total number of died and missed persons was more than four thousands, and the damaged persons about nine million. The minimum pressure of 944hPa of the cyclone and the peak gust of 69ms-1 were observed at the time of landing on the coast of Bangladesh. The height of the storm surge and the high wave were more than 5 to 6m above the sea level and the peak water level was higher than the altitude of the embankment. The most of the houses were destroyed completely near the coast of the Bay of Bengal and the river.