Cyclone Nargis, the tropical cyclone that tore into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta killing at least 22,000 people and leaving a million people homeless, takes its name from the word for "daffodil" in Urdu.
UNESCO fears this development would help poachers inflict further damage.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/cyclone-sidr-damaged-40-of-sundarbans-unesco/54259-11.html
Aid officials are racing to get help to survivors of Cyclone Sidr.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/disease-doom-looms-large-over-bdesh-cyclone-victims/52669-2.html
The toll from Cyclone Sidr is still rising in Bangladesh with officials estimating about 3,000 people may have died. Dan Rivers has more from the worst hit area of Kolapara.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/from-ground-zero-sidr-batters-bangladesh/52637-2.html
The death toll has kept rising and the rescuers are frantically looking for thousands of missing people.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/cyclone-sidr-death-toll-rises-to-2300-in-bangladesh/52614-2.html
Over 1000 people have died and the toll is expected to rise.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/supercyclone-hits-bangladesh-displaces-65-lakhs/52490-2.html
Southern Bangladesh has been utterly devastated by cyclone Sidr.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/rescuers-in-bangladesh-face-logistical-nightmare/52487-2.html
The storm has levelled several villages and reportedly killed at least 550 people in the area.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/cyclone-sidr-weakens-550-reported-dead/52450-2.html
The way cyclone names are decided can be quite interesting.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/did-you-know-cyclones-named-way-before-they-hit/52402-3.html
Winds of 240 kmph lashed the Bangladesh coast Thursday night.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/cyclone-sidr-spares-india--242-killed-in-bdesh/52401-3.html
The storm veered off West Bengal's coastline, bringing in a sigh of relief.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/cyclone-leaves-orissa-unscathed-veers-off-bengal/52388-3.html
The cyclone is expected to hit both the states by midnight on Thursday.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/orissa-west-bengal-warned-of-severe-cyclone/52383-3.html
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