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Bangladesh:Violent Wind:2002/05/24

Duration	2002/05/24	Rescuers using fishing nets have found five bodies and about 60 other people were missing, feared drowned, after a two-year-old river ferry sank in a storm in Bangladesh
Country or District	Bangladesh
Name	Violent Wind

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Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
BBC news 2002/05/25
Dead: 16 persons Missing: 40 persons
CNN news 2002/05/24
More than 60 people are feared drowned after a ferry sank in a Bangladesh river.

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Report/Articles BBC news 2002/05/25 The authorities in Bangladesh say that they have recovered the bodies of 16 people who drowned. BBC news 2002/05/24 Search for Bangladesh ferry victims CNN news 2002/05/25 Search for ferry survivors underway CNN news 2002/05/24 More than 60 people are feared drowned after a ferry sank in a Bangladesh river. Rerters Alertnet 2002/05/24 Sixty-five feared dead in Bangladesh ferry accident

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