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Sri Lankan weather official apologises for naming Mahasen cyclone after former king
- Tuesday May 28, 2013
- World News | Associated Press
Sri Lanka's top meteorology official apologised for naming deadly cyclone Mahasen after a king who built massive irrigation tanks well over a millennium ago and was venerated as a god.
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After cyclone Mahasen, Myanmar camps face monsoon threat
- Monday May 20, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Myanmar's victims of sectarian strife were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon just weeks away.
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Bangladeshi baby born in storm shelter named Mahasen after cyclone
- Friday May 17, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A baby boy who was born in a Bangladeshi storm shelter was named after an impending cyclone by villagers who hoped the gesture would protect them from the storm's wrath, an official said on Friday.
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Cyclone Mahasen loses steam before reaching Mizoram
- Friday May 17, 2013
- India News | Press Trust of India
There is a sigh of relief in Mizoram as the cyclone Mahasen, feared to hit the state last night, lost its speed before reaching the region, Chief Scientific Officer Vanlalzara of state Science and Technology Department said today.
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After Cyclone Mahasen, Bangladesh begins cleaning up trail of wreckage
- Friday May 17, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Bangladesh began cleaning up on Friday after a killer cyclone wrecked thousands of homes along its coast while breathing a sigh of relief that the damage was not much worse.
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Cyclone Mahasen hits Bangladesh, 45 people killed
- Friday May 17, 2013
- World News | Associated Press
Cyclone Mahasen weakened by Thursday afternoon into a tropical storm and then dissipated, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over Bangladesh and spared Myanmar almost entirely, meteorological officials said.
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Cyclone Mahasen fizzles as it hits Bangladesh
- Thursday May 16, 2013
- World News | Associated Press
Cyclone Mahasan weakened Thursday afternoon into a tropical storm, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over coastal Bangladesh and spared Myanmar almost entirely.
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Cyclone Mahasen likely to hit Tripura tonight
- Thursday May 16, 2013
- India News | Press Trust of India
With cyclone Mahasen likely to hit Tripura tonight, the state may witness heavy rains and a gale of 50-60 km per hour, the met office said.
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Cyclone Mahasen hits Bangladesh, one killed
- Thursday May 16, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A cyclone ripped into the Bangladeshi coast on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people hunkered down in evacuation shelters including in a region of Myanmar torn by communal unrest.
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Bangladesh orders one million evacuated as Cyclone Mahasen nears
- Thursday May 16, 2013
- World News | Reuters
Bangladesh is evacuating one million people with Cyclone Mahasen expected to hit its low-lying delta coast on Thursday evening, said the United Nations, which estimated 4.1 million people were at risk due to gale-force winds, heavy rain and flooding.
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Myanmar minority resist Cyclone Mahasen evacuation
- Thursday May 16, 2013
- World News | Associated Press
A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the order to evacuate ahead of the storm was met with widespread refusal.
- www.ndtv.com
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Cyclone Mahasen: Schools to remain closed in Mizoram on Friday
- Thursday May 16, 2013
- India News | Press Trust of India
With Cyclone Mahasen likely to hit the northeast state on Thursday night, the Mizoram government has decided to close all schools on Friday and declared a 12-hour holiday on Thursday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Cyclone Mahasen: Thousands evacuated in Bangladesh
- Thursday May 16, 2013
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Around 200 cyclone centres have been set up across Bangladesh and thousands of residents in coastal areas evacuated following forecast of cyclone Mahasen hitting the country on Thursday at 4 pm.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bangladesh orders evacuation as cyclone nears coast
- Wednesday May 15, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Bangladesh on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people as forecasters said a cyclonic storm would hit low-lying coastal areas by early Thursday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Cyclone weakens but Bangladesh, Myanmar on alert: United Nations
- Wednesday May 15, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A cyclone threatening to lash low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar appears to have weakened, but still poses a risk to more than eight million people, according to the UN.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lankan weather official apologises for naming Mahasen cyclone after former king
- Tuesday May 28, 2013
- World News | Associated Press
Sri Lanka's top meteorology official apologised for naming deadly cyclone Mahasen after a king who built massive irrigation tanks well over a millennium ago and was venerated as a god.
- www.ndtv.com
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After cyclone Mahasen, Myanmar camps face monsoon threat
- Monday May 20, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Myanmar's victims of sectarian strife were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon just weeks away.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bangladeshi baby born in storm shelter named Mahasen after cyclone
- Friday May 17, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A baby boy who was born in a Bangladeshi storm shelter was named after an impending cyclone by villagers who hoped the gesture would protect them from the storm's wrath, an official said on Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Cyclone Mahasen loses steam before reaching Mizoram
- Friday May 17, 2013
- India News | Press Trust of India
There is a sigh of relief in Mizoram as the cyclone Mahasen, feared to hit the state last night, lost its speed before reaching the region, Chief Scientific Officer Vanlalzara of state Science and Technology Department said today.
- www.ndtv.com
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After Cyclone Mahasen, Bangladesh begins cleaning up trail of wreckage
- Friday May 17, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Bangladesh began cleaning up on Friday after a killer cyclone wrecked thousands of homes along its coast while breathing a sigh of relief that the damage was not much worse.
- www.ndtv.com
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Cyclone Mahasen hits Bangladesh, 45 people killed
- Friday May 17, 2013
- World News | Associated Press
Cyclone Mahasen weakened by Thursday afternoon into a tropical storm and then dissipated, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over Bangladesh and spared Myanmar almost entirely, meteorological officials said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Cyclone Mahasen fizzles as it hits Bangladesh
- Thursday May 16, 2013
- World News | Associated Press
Cyclone Mahasan weakened Thursday afternoon into a tropical storm, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over coastal Bangladesh and spared Myanmar almost entirely.
- www.ndtv.com
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Cyclone Mahasen likely to hit Tripura tonight
- Thursday May 16, 2013
- India News | Press Trust of India
With cyclone Mahasen likely to hit Tripura tonight, the state may witness heavy rains and a gale of 50-60 km per hour, the met office said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Cyclone Mahasen hits Bangladesh, one killed
- Thursday May 16, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A cyclone ripped into the Bangladeshi coast on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people hunkered down in evacuation shelters including in a region of Myanmar torn by communal unrest.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bangladesh orders one million evacuated as Cyclone Mahasen nears
- Thursday May 16, 2013
- World News | Reuters
Bangladesh is evacuating one million people with Cyclone Mahasen expected to hit its low-lying delta coast on Thursday evening, said the United Nations, which estimated 4.1 million people were at risk due to gale-force winds, heavy rain and flooding.
- www.ndtv.com
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Myanmar minority resist Cyclone Mahasen evacuation
- Thursday May 16, 2013
- World News | Associated Press
A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the order to evacuate ahead of the storm was met with widespread refusal.
- www.ndtv.com
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Cyclone Mahasen: Schools to remain closed in Mizoram on Friday
- Thursday May 16, 2013
- India News | Press Trust of India
With Cyclone Mahasen likely to hit the northeast state on Thursday night, the Mizoram government has decided to close all schools on Friday and declared a 12-hour holiday on Thursday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Cyclone Mahasen: Thousands evacuated in Bangladesh
- Thursday May 16, 2013
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Around 200 cyclone centres have been set up across Bangladesh and thousands of residents in coastal areas evacuated following forecast of cyclone Mahasen hitting the country on Thursday at 4 pm.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bangladesh orders evacuation as cyclone nears coast
- Wednesday May 15, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Bangladesh on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people as forecasters said a cyclonic storm would hit low-lying coastal areas by early Thursday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Cyclone weakens but Bangladesh, Myanmar on alert: United Nations
- Wednesday May 15, 2013
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A cyclone threatening to lash low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar appears to have weakened, but still poses a risk to more than eight million people, according to the UN.
- www.ndtv.com