Tropical Cyclone Sidr was continuing its northward progress over the Bay of Bengal on November 14, 2007. It was moving north toward the Mouths of the Ganges at a speed of 13 kilometers per hour (8 miles per hour), and winds in the storm system were raging at 220 km/hr (140 mph) near the storm’s center, making it a Category 4 strength tropical cyclone.
These are Human Induced Global Warming deaths. I'll explain why I see it that way. The beginning of the storm was somewhat normal in that it began as a Tropical Storm, however, within a very short period of time, it EXPLODED into a Cat 3 Cyclone. The duration of those winds lasted 72 hours and completely abated in a matter of a few hours. That is not only strange, but, extremely dangerous and very telling of the intense heat of the Indian Ocean Waters. Part of providing safety to citizens of any country is to be able to predict the paths of storms as powerful as SIDR. That was not possible in this case and only goes to prove how completely unpredictable poor climate habits by countries such as the USA have caused not only biotic damage, but, deaths.
There was another high velocity cylcone in the region early in the season, it was named Cyclone-5 GONU and because it achieved Cat 5 (click here) it was considered a Super Cyclone. This storm was very, very different from that of SIDR. I had a more predictable acceleration, people were prepared and although there was considerable disruption by the storm, deaths were kept to a minimum. One might note, that in the aftermath of Gonu, it was Iran's relief efforts that brought the people of the region the greatest comfort.
It is also very unusual to have these high velocity storms in the Indian Ocean. In the year 2006 there was one Cat 4 storm, in 2001 there was a Cat 4 storm and both occurred at the beginning of the season. In the year 2002 there were only mild Tropical Storms and in the remaining years from 2000 - 2007 there were Tropicals storms and perhaps one mild Cat 1 storm. Never before has there been this high volitility in the Indian Ocean with such unexpected and poor outcomes. This is a Human Induced Warming storm, from superheated ocean waters and troposphere.
Bangladesh death toll could rise after cyclone (click here)
Updated Fri. Nov. 16 2007 10:09 PM ET
CTV.ca News
At least 1,100 people have reportedly been killed by a powerful cyclone that has pummelled Bangladesh.
Friday, aid workers desparately struggled to help hundreds of thousands of survivors of Tropical Cyclone Sidr. More than 600,000 people have been left homeless by the storm, the worst storm in a decade. Millions more are without power....
Date: 11-16 NOV 2007
Cyclone-4 SIDR
ADV LAT LON TIME WIND PR STAT
1 10.00 92.30 11/11/06Z 35 - TROPICAL STORM
2 10.40 91.40 11/11/18Z 45 - TROPICAL STORM
3 10.80 90.40 11/12/06Z 55 - TROPICAL STORM
4 11.60 90.00 11/12/18Z 105 - CYCLONE-3
4A 11.60 90.00 11/12/18Z 105 - CYCLONE-3
5 12.50 89.80 11/13/06Z 115 - CYCLONE-4
6 13.70 89.50 11/13/18Z 115 - CYCLONE-4
7 14.30 89.60 11/14/00Z 115 - CYCLONE-4
8 15.00 89.40 11/14/06Z 120 - CYCLONE-4
9 15.70 89.30 11/14/12Z 130 - CYCLONE-4
10 16.60 89.30 11/14/18Z 130 - CYCLONE-4
10A 16.60 89.30 11/14/18Z 130 - CYCLONE-4
11 17.80 89.20 11/15/00Z 130 - CYCLONE-4
12 19.30 89.30 11/15/06Z 135 - CYCLONE-4
13 20.90 89.50 11/15/12Z 130 - CYCLONE-4
14 22.80 90.30 11/15/18Z 105 - CYCLONE-3
15 25.00 91.90 11/16/00Z 60 - TROPICAL STORM
+12 26.90 93.10 11/16/12Z 20 - TROPICAL DEPRESSION
November 18, 2007
MORE than 1100 people have been killed by a powerful cyclone that has pounded impoverished Bangladesh with huge waves, severe winds and torrential rains. Hundreds of people are missing.
Cyclone Sidr, described as the worst storm to hit the disaster-prone country in years, crashed into the south-western coast yesterday before sweeping north over the capital, Dhaka.
The UNB news agency, quoting unofficial local sources, said more than 1100 lives were lost and more than 300 people were missing.
Government official Kazi Mokhlechur Rahman, of the Home Ministry control room, put the confirmed death toll at 612 and climbing, with 192 people unaccounted for.
Wind speeds of between 220 and 240kmh were recorded as the storm - visible from space as a swirling white mass that moved north from the Bay of Bengal - left a trail of devastation in poor rural areas....
World's largest mangrove forest in Bangladesh bears brunt of cyclone Sidr (click here)
www.chinaview.cn
2007-11-17 14:37:20
DHAKA, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Environmentalists and bio-diversity experts of Bangladesh fear the World's largest mangrove forest Sundarbans in southern Bangladesh and its wildlife, including 450 Royal Bengal tiger, suffered colossal damage in cyclone Sidr.
The terrible tropical storm code-named sidr which lashed Bangladesh's south and southwestern regions Thursday evening, hit the eastern part of the forest with a speed of up to 220 kmph and seven feet high tidal surge.
Dr. Aiun Nishat, country representative of International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), told Xinhua Saturday that much of the wildlife of the world natural heritage site might have been washed away by tidal waves.
He said the damage done to the forest by Sidr might be much worse than that of in 1988, which uprooted thousands of trees and caused deaths of hundreds of deer and nine tigers when a six feet high tidal wave with wind speed of 160 kmph lashed the forest....
