'Cyclone not above politics' : East Pakistan, disaster politics, and the 1970 Bhola Cyclone

On 12 November 1970, the Bhola Cyclone swept across the southern districts of East Pakistan, killing over 300,000 people. Small islands were swept away and dead bodies of humans and cattle lay strewn across the devastated landscape. Following the news of the destruction, journalists, students, artis...

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Main Authors: Biswas, Sravani, Daly, Patrick
Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154579
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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