Tropical Cyclone Sidr slammed into the Ganges Delta with winds of 250 kilometers (155 miles) per hour, causing devastation in Bangladesh before weakening over northern India.

At least 1,100 people in Bangladesh were killed,

At least 1,000 fishermen were missing,

Some 3.2 million people fled to the country's highlands or went to shelters

The Rome-based World Food Program is rushing food for 400,000 to Bangladesh and the UN is prepared to make several million dollars available to the government from its emergency relief fund

In the hardest hit areas along the coast, more than 20,000 homes were destroyed

Sidr brought a storm surge as high as 6 meters (20 feet) to one of the most low-lying areas on the planet. The storm was 500 kilometers wide before coming to shore.