Cyclone Sidr in 2007 claimed 3, 400 lives, whereas a similar cyclone in 1991 led to roughly 140, 000 deaths.

2007年的Sidr飓风中3400人遇难，而相似的一场飓风灾难在1991年使约140 000人丧生。

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When Cyclone Sidr reached land in the Bay of Bengal last November, as many as 10,000 people are thought to have died.

造成其不同影响的原因有很多，一些是地理上的——孟加拉湾沿海较浅的海水，更高的海潮和低洼地区稠密的人口让气旋特别致命。

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Aid officials hoped the country's experience with natural disasters would help people respond to Sidr.

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Bangladesh, low-lying and with isolated villages, is extremely susceptible to the storm surge Sidr is expected to bring.

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Sidr's powerful winds and lashing rain uprooted trees, leveled homes and even damaged buildings where residents sought shelter.

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