
Bangladesh's death toll from Cyclone Sidr has reached an estimated 2,000 people, officials said Sunday, amid fears that it could skyrocket to five times that number.
The chairman of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society said he is concerned the deaths blamed on Thursday's Category 4 cyclone could reach between 5,000 and 10,000.
Thousands are missing, while an estimated 280,000 others are unable to return to their homes that the storm wiped away in the impoverished South Asian nation.
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CNN's Dan Rivers contributed to this report.
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