Ashar Char is an island

Island

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 in the western Bay of Bengal

Bay of Bengal

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, and is about two miles long. It is located along the path of the Pyra

Pyra

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 River

River

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 in the Amtali Upazilla Barguna district of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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Population

Four or five years ago thousands of people lived on Ashar Char, but as the island is shrinking only a few hundred live there now.

Hit by Cyclone Sidr

The island was destroyed in 2007 by Cyclone Sidr

Cyclone Sidr

Cyclone Sidr was the strongest named cyclone in the Bay of Bengal...

. It is estimated that at least a thousand people died during the cyclone.