Cyclone Sidr hit the southwestern coast of Bangladesh in November 2007 as a Category 4 storm with 155 mph winds and 20 foot tidal surges, killing over 3,400 people. Bangladesh implements several cyclone risk reduction strategies, including building multipurpose cyclone shelters, the Cyclone Preparedness Programme involving early warning systems and public education, and coastal afforestation to protect communities from tidal surges through mangrove forests.

1. CYCLONE SIDR -2007 AND ITS
AFTERMATH
Presented by:
Iqura Malik
(17WM60R02)
Navdesh Nirwan
(17WM60R09)
Sapna Gautam
(17WM60R08)

2. Introduction
• Cyclone Sidr hit the south-western coast of
Bangladesh on November 15th 2007.
• A Category 4 storm, with 155 mph winds which
triggered up to 20 feet (6 m) tidal surges .
• The number of deaths caused by Sidr is
estimated at 3406 with 871 missing and over
55,000 people sustaining physical
injuries. (GoB, 2008d)

5. Meteorological history
November 9 Weak low-level circulation was developed near the Nicobar Islands.
November 11 A Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert was issued.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) designated the system as Depression
BOB 09.
November 12 The IMD upgraded the system to Cyclonic Storm Sidr.
November 15 The cyclone intensified to reach peak winds of 215 km/h (135 mph)
November 16 - It weakened quickly after landfall and the final advisories were issued.

6. Map plotting the track and intensity of the storm, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale

8. Cyclone Risk Reduction Strategies
• Building of multipurpose cyclone shelter
• Cyclone preparedness programme (CPP)
• Coastal Afforestation

9. Building of Multipurpose Shelter
The shelter programme had five components.
These were:
• Core shelter construction
• Training on safe shelter awareness and repair
• Distribution of a toolkit
• Distributions of cash grants
• Technical advice and support for shelter
repair.

10. Cyclone preparedness programme (CPP)
• The Cyclone Preparedness Programme(CPP) of Bangladesh Red Crescent
Society (BDRCS) came into being in 1972.
• It includes collection of meteorological data from the Bangladesh
Meteorological Department (BMD).
• CPP operates and extensive network of radio communication facilities,
in the coastal areas, linked to its communication centres at its head
office at Dhaka.
• The network consists of a combination of HF/VHF radios which covers
most of the high risk cyclone prone areas.

11.  Public awareness is an integral and very important part of cyclone
preparedness activities.
The CPP implements the following public awareness activities in various
ways in the cyclone prone coastal areas:-
 Public awareness through volunteers.
Cyclone drills and demonstration
 Film/ Video Shows/folk songs
Publicity campaign
 Radio and Television
Posters, leaflets and Booklets
 Staging of drama

12. Coastal Afforestation
• The coastal areas of Bangladesh have a high cyclone frequency.
• Plantation along the shore of coastal district of Bangladesh to protect lives
and properties near to it.
• The protection from cyclone damage
afforded by the natural mangrove
forests of the Sundarbans, led the
Forest Department in 1966 to
initiate a mangrove afforestation
programme.

13. The objective of the afforestation programme was to :
 provide forest products for a range of uses;
 develop forest shelter-belts to protect life and property inland from
tidal surges;
 inject urgently needed resources into the national economy (i.e.
timber and land);
create employment opportunities in rural communities; and
 create an environment for wildlife, fishes, and other estuarine and
marine fauna.

14. References
• GoB, 2008d. Super Cyclone SIDR 2007: Impacts and Strategies for Interventions.
Dhaka, Bangladesh, Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, Bangladesh
Secretariat.