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Hurricane shelters in Bangladesh
Since the Great Bhola Cyclone of 1970, . . . killed an estimated 350,000-550,000 people, Bangladesh embarked on program to build concrete cyclone shelters . . . The warning system in Bangladesh is fairly effective at notifying the population of an approaching cyclone, but many residents choose not to evacuate to the shelters, . . . these shelters can accommodate less than 3% of the population of western Bangladesh . . .
A Bangladesh cyclone shelter built after the devastating 1970 cyclone. Image credit: Harry M. Jol, professor at University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire.
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