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From correspondents in Dhaka September 22, 2007 05:55pm
Article from: Reuters EIGHTY Bangladeshi fishermen are missing after 10 fishing boats sank in
the Bay of Bengal during a storm overnight.
Strong winds and high waves were preventing rescuers from launching a
search for the missing fishermen.
"A search will start ... only when the situation improves," said Selim
Khan, an administrative officer in the coastal Barguna district. Meteorologists said a storm was churning in the Bay of Bengal, heading
towards India's eastern coastal state of Orissa. Bangladesh ports have
been asked to show storm warnings. Fishermen who had managed to return to shore said they had seen several
fishing boats sink in the storm. Hundreds of Bangladeshi fishermen die and many go missing in storms in
the Bay of Bengal every year.
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