May 24, 2013

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Reporter: Jennifer Harcher

Bangladesh Aid

Villagers carry back emergency supplies in cyclone-affected Patargata, Bangladesh, Nov. 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)

Relief agencies are struggling to get aid to the many affected by last weeks devastation cyclone in Bangladesh.

The government plans to feed more than two million people that were affected by Cyclone Sidr.

Thursday Bangladeshi helicopters were ferrying aid from the US to the victims. People pushed and shoved to get their hands on anything they could.

The official death toll stands at 3,167 people.


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