Boat launches are moored at the terminal as river traffic is halted as impending cyclone 'Aila' approaches Dhaka on May 25, 2009. Bangladesh evacuated nearly half a million people to emergency shelters on the southwestern coast as a cyclone hit the country and neighbouring India, officials said. Government weather forecaster Sanaul Haq said that Cyclone Aila made the landfall between Bangladesh's Khulna district and Sagar Island in India's West Bengal state, unleashing water surge as high as seven feet (2.1 metres).
Bangladeshi passengers wait at the ferry terminal as river traffic is halted due to impending cyclone 'Aila' approaching Dhaka on May 25, 2009. Bangladesh evacuated nearly half a million people to emergency shelters on the southwestern coast as a cyclone hit the country and neighbouring India, officials said
Ferry boats are moored at the terminal as river traffic is halted due to impending cyclone 'Aila' approaching Dhaka on May 25, 2009. Bangladesh evacuated nearly half a million people to emergency shelters on the southwestern coast as a cyclone hit the country and neighbouring India, officials said. Government weather forecaster Sanaul Haq said that Cyclone Aila made the landfall between Bangladesh's Khulna district and Sagar Island in India's West Bengal state, unleashing water surge as high as seven feet (2.1 metres).
An Indian pedestrian struggles to cross the road during a cyclonic storm in Kolkata on May 25, 2009. Bangladesh government weather forecaster Sanaul Haq said Cyclone Aila made landfall between Bangladesh's Khulna district and Sagar Island in India's West Bengal state, unleashing a tidal surge as high as two metres (seven feet).
An uprooted tree blocks a street during a cyclonic storm in Kolkata on May 25, 2009. Bangladesh government weather forecaster Sanaul Haq said Cyclone Aila made landfall between Bangladesh's Khulna district and Sagar Island in India's West Bengal state, unleashing a tidal surge as high as two metres (seven feet).
An Indian boy shouts as a bill board teeters during a cyclonic storm in Kolkata on May 25, 2009. Bangladesh government weather forecaster Sanaul Haq said Cyclone Aila made landfall between Bangladesh's Khulna district and Sagar Island in India's West Bengal state, unleashing a tidal surge as high as two metres (seven feet).
A vechile lies crushed by an uprooted tree during a cyclonic storm in Kolkata on May 25, 2009. A cyclone slammed into Bangladesh and India, damaging scores of homes and bursting dams that left at least 300,000 people marooned by flooding and eight people dead, officials said.
A cyclone slammed into Bangladesh and India, damaging scores of homes and bursting dams that left at least 300,000 people marooned by flooding and eight people dead, officials said.
Palm trees are whipped below a menacing skyline during a cyclonic storm in Kolkata on May 25, 2009
Indian villagers walk through the flooded village of Minakhan, some 50 Kms south east of in Kolkata on May 26, 2009. At least 11 people were killed and 25 injured when tropical Cyclone Aila swept through a large portion of India’s West Bengal state, officials said.
Indian villagers walk through the flooded village of Minakhan, some 50 Kms south east of in Kolkata on May 26, 2009.
Indian villagers bring their belongings to dry away from the flooded village of Minakhan, some 50 Kms south east of in Kolkata on May 26, 2009
Displaced Indian villagers wait for relief from the flooded village of Minakhan, some 50 Kms south east of in Kolkata on May 26, 2009
Indian villagers make their way from the flooded village of Minakhan, some 50 Kms south east of in Kolkata on May 26, 2009. At least 11 people were killed and 25 injured when tropical Cyclone Aila swept through a large portion of India’s West Bengal state, officials said.
Displaced Indian villagers wait for relief from the flooded village of Minakhan, some 50 Kms south east of in Kolkata on May 26, 2009. At least 11 people were killed and 25 injured when tropical Cyclone Aila swept through a large portion of India’s West Bengal state, officials said.
