"Tens of thousands of homes were said to be destroyed" climate change storm

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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/04/20104147147451814.html


Scores killed by storm in India


At least 89 people have been killed in eastern India after a powerful storm demolished tens of thousands of homes and uprooted trees.

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"The storm ripped through four blocks of North Dinajpur district, about 600km north of Kolkata ," Srikumar Mukherjee, West Bengal's civil defence minister, said.

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Across the border in Bagladesh, officials in Rangpur district said two people had died as a result of the storm. A police barracks was also demolished, injuring dozens of people, including two in critical condition.

"The storm has damaged more than 11,000 mud, tin and concrete homes in Rangpur district alone - many of the houses were completely demolished," BM Enamul Haq, a Rangpur district administrator, said.

"It was a huge storm and we are still assessing the damage."
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wishing everyone well

even if your home was a mud hut it was still 'home' to a family.

climate change is so much fun