A True Story of Disaster Preparedness

It has been a couple of weeks since Tropical Storm Mahasen made landfall over Potkakhali, a village in the Barguna district of southern Bangladesh. Compared with the death and destruction caused by Cyclone Sidr in 2007, which killed more than 3,500 people, the fury of this cyclone has been less devastating. In fact, one villager has even used the word “kind” when referring to Mahasen.

Mahasen has left a trail of destruction. Heavy rainfall and 145mph winds are responsible for the damage and destruction to schools and more than 45,000 homes. In addition, over 316,295 acres of agricultural land are now submerged under water. Despite all of the destruction, there were only 45 storm-related deaths.

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