Cyclone Nargis, 2008

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Name (Hebrew)
ציקלון נארגיס.., 2008
Name (Latin)
Cyclone Nargis, 2008
Name (Arabic)
إعصار نرجس، 2008
Other forms of name
Nargis, Cyclone, 2008
Coordinates
94.80888889 94.80888889 16.05027778 16.05027778 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Cyclones
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q152314
Library of congress: sh2009000921
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Contemporary Southeast Asia : A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs, 2008:v. 30, no. 3, p. 379 (Selth, Andrew. Even Paranoids Have Enemies: Cyclone Nargis and Myanmar's Fears of Invasion)
  • Wikipedia, Feb. 4, 2009(Cyclone Nargis (JTWC designation: 01B, also known as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis), was a strong tropical cyclone that caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Burma (officially known as Myanmar). The cyclone made landfall in the country on May 2, 2008, causing catastrophic destruction and at least 146,000 fatalities with thousands more people still missing.)