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Cyclone Aila began as a disturbance on May 21 in the Bay of Bengal, strengthening quickly to a Tropical Cyclone with windspeeds gusting up to 120 km/h (75 mph). Aila made landfall soon after, bringing heavy rains, wind, and an enormous storm surge of seawater that pushed inland, damaging or destroying hundreds of thousands of homes in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar. Over 300 people are confirmed to have died, with more than 8,000 still missing. Surviving residents are now receiving aid, mourning the lost, beginning to rebuild - and some are leveling criticism at their own governments, asking why stronger storm defenses were not in place. According to the Associated Press, some 2.3 million people were affected by Aila.
A woman, displaced from her home by a huge storm surge caused by cyclone Aila, carries food distributed by an NGO in Satkhira in southwestern Bangladesh June 2, 2009. (REUTERS/Andrew Biraj)
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Aila on May 25, 2009, the same day that the storm temporarily strengthened to a Category 1 cyclone. Aila almost completely fills this scene, stretching from the Bay of Bengal deep into India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.
A flooded village is seen in this aerial view taken from an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter in the Cyclone-hit area of Patharpatima Island in the Sundarbans delta, about 100 km (62 miles) south of Kolkata, India on May 27, 2009.
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Bangladeshi villagers wade through floodwater as they go to collect drinking water on the outskirts of Khulna on June 1, 2009.
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An Indian army helicopter drops food packets to marooned villagers at Patharprotima block near Sundarbans, about 150 kilometers
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Indian villagers wave to an Indian Air Force helicopter delivering food packets in the mangrove-covered delta region the Sunderbans, south of Kolkata, India on on May 27, 2009.
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Flood-affected villagers collect food packets dropped from an IAF helicopter in the Cyclone-hit area of Patharpatima Island, south of Kolkata, India on May 27, 2009.
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A woman tries to retrieve her belongings from her house, wrecked by cyclone Aila in Satkhira in southwestern Bangladesh on June 3, 2009.
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A girl, displaced from her home by a storm surge caused by Cyclone Aila, stands in front of her temporary shelter on a river dam in Satkhira in southwestern Bangladesh June 2, 2009.
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Villagers look over an eroded river embankment after heavy rainfall from Cyclone Aila in Namkhana village, India, Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
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Villagers offer prayers near the body of a victim, unseen, of Cyclone Aila during a funeral service in Nil Dumoor village in Shatkhira, southwest of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, May 28, 2009.
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Two Bangladeshi women whose relatives fell victim to Cyclone Aila mourn in Nil Dumoor village in Shatkhira, Bangladesh, Thursday, May 28, 2009.
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A girl looks on as Bangladeshis crowd to receive relief material at the cyclone affected village of Nowabanki in Shatkhira, Bangladesh, Friday, May 29, 2009.
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Bangladeshi women stand in a queue to receive relief material at the cyclone affected village of Nowabanki, Bangladesh, Friday, May 29, 2009.
