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A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless.
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1991 Bangladesh cyclone
North Indian tropical cyclone in 1991
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Chittagong
Second-largest city in Bangladesh
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