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2019-07-24 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Severe flooding has killed at least 61 people, displaced nearly 800,000 and inundated thousands of homes in #Bangladesh

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Posted by Fred 2019-07-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 28,700 1974 Bangladesh monsoon rain 1974
2,055 1987 Bangladesh monsoon rain 1987
2,379 1988 Bangladesh monsoon rain 1988

Source is Wikipedia so salt to taste.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2019-07-24 15:32|| 2019-07-24 15:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Thank you, Whiskey Mike. Exactly the perspective needed, which is what those excitable reporter types couldn’t be bothered to share.The worst flood in two years, forsooth!

Posted by trailing wife 2019-07-24 15:51|| 2019-07-24 15:51|| Front Page Top

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