What economic impacts did Cyclone Sidr have? (2)
• Damages cost $2.3 billion - Very long term and difficult to recover from
• Millions of people lost their livelihoods; rice crops were flooded with saltwater and nearly 2 million livestock and poultry were killed - Arguably the most devastating effect
The rice harvest is in December so it was impossible to produce enough rice in such a short period of time for harvesting