Daulatpur-Saturia Tornado

When and Where?

Daulatpur-Saturia Tornado

a.k.a Bangladesh tornado

• The Bangladesh tornado occured on April 26, 1989
• At 6:00 p.m
• It swept through Bangladesh in many parts of the Dhaka Region

By: Rachel Scranton

Damage

Formation and Path

• Left around 80,000 people homeless
• trees were uprooted
• Saturia and Manikganj were completely destroyed

• The cool air from the himalayas met the warm air in Bangladesh to make a cyclone of wind
• Started in the Daulatpur area
• countinued eastward to Saturia and Manikganj Sadar
• Lasted 1.5 hours

Perfect Place

The People of Bangladesh

• 12,000 people injured
• death toll 1,300

*estimates

• After the tornado there was widespread hunger and disease

• Bangladesh has the perfect recipe for a tornado to form
• the cold air from the Himalayas and the warm moist air from Bangladesh meet
• this creates a thunderstorm which can lead to tornadoes
• Bangladesh is one of the most frequently hit countries by tornadoes aside from the U.S and Canada

Storm Facts

Troubles

• The strength of this tornado is unknown, houses are built very poorly
• estimated wind speeds of 180 to 350 kpa
• The tornado was about a mile wide
• Traveled for 50 miles

• It costed over 1 million dollars to rebuild homes in the daulatpur saturia areas
• Bangladesh has experinced a drought ever since the tornado struck
• crops were destroyed

Records

Safety Concerns

• The Daulatpur Saturia tornado is the deadliest tornado in the world
• It was also Bangladesh's costliest tornado

• In Bangladesh there are no storm procedures taught to the people
• Unlike the U.S they do not have underground safe spots
• The homes they live in aren't able to withstand hurricanes or let alone some normal wind gusts

Works Cited

http://geohazards.community.uaf.edu/category/tornadoes/page/2/

http://blog.worldweatheronline.com/2013/05/21/8-facts-most-people-dont-know-about-tornados/

http://www.therichest.com/expensive-lifestyle/location/top-10-deadliest-tornadoes-in-world-history/