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<br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />~ <br />iO <br />~ <br />~ <br />() <br />_ 5 <br />w <br />" <br />o <br />w <br />a <br />,2 <br />" 0 <br />() <br />() <br />o <br />w <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />I <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />A collapsed bridge 011 Sal1dwip <br />Island ill Ballgladesh stands as <br />testimollY to the violellt willds <br />and batteril1g seas spa wiled by <br />a cyclolle in May 1985. <br />Though 10,000 lives were lost <br />to storm surge Oil Salldlvip and <br />other islands at the mouth of <br />the Ganges, the toll was 30-50 <br />times smaller than that for a <br />similar storm in 1970. Sillce <br />then, a satellite-based early <br />wamil1g system has aided <br />evacuation of islal1d and <br />coastal dwellers to points <br />illland. <br />