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Word: noakhali (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hours winds that reached 80 m.p.h. smashed homes and communications in an area inhabited by 300,000 people. At Noakhali (pop. 20,000), the railway station was destroyed, and the bazaar just blew away. In the countryside between Noakhali and Chittagong, whole villages were engulfed. Worse was in store...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST PAKISTAN: Disaster in the Delta | 10/31/1960 | See Source »

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