Daulatur - Saturia Tornado 1989

Daulatur - Saturia Tornado 1989

To rebuild

The cost to rebuild most of the houses in the Daulatpur - Saturia area was about $1 to $2 million.

Ever since

Ever since the tornado, the Bangladesh area has been under a drought.

Where it hit

• The tornado affected the cities of Daulatpur and Saturia.
• It originally started in Daulatpur and moved its way through Saturia.

How does a tornado form

Tornadoes form when cool air descends from a cumulonimbus or cumulus cloud and the warm air starts rising up to take the place of the cool air. While the air starts gathering speed and going up and down, it starts to blow in a circular motion. The cloud will eventually get sucked into the circling winds which allows the tornado to be seen. When the cloud touches the ground, or when the cloud is right above the ground, is when the tornado actually starts.

When It Happened

The Daulatpur - Saturia tornado hit on April 26, 1989.

Scale

A tornado is measured on a Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale. But due to the poorly built houses, the strength of the tornado was not clear.

What it affected

• The tornado destroyed the poorly built houses and uprooted trees.
• About 80,000 people went homeless.
• More than 1,300 people were killed and about 12,000 people were injured.
• It was the costliest and the most deadliest tornado that has ever hit Bangladesh.