Cyclone Aila began as a disturbance on May 21 in the Bay of Bengal, strengthening quickly to a Tropical Cyclone with windspeeds gusting up to 120 km/h (75 mph). Aila made landfall soon after, bringing heavy rains, wind, and an enormous storm surge of seawater that pushed inland, damaging or destroying hundreds of thousands of homes in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar. Over 300 people are confirmed to have died, with more than 8,000 still missing. Surviving residents are now receiving aid, mourning the lost, beginning to rebuild - and some are leveling criticism at their own governments, asking why stronger storm defenses were not in place. According to the Associated Press, some 2.3 million people were affected by Aila.. | A woman, displaced from her home by a huge storm surge caused by cyclone Aila, carries food distributed by an NGO in Satkhira in southwestern Bangladesh June 2, 2009.
 The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Aila on May 25, 2009, the same day that the storm temporarily strengthened to a Category 1 cyclone. Aila almost completely fills this scene, stretching from the Bay of Bengal deep into India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.
A flooded village is seen in this aerial view taken from an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter in the Cyclone-hit area of Patharpatima Island in the Sundarbans delta, about 100 km (62 miles) south of Kolkata, India on May 27, 2009
 Bangladeshi villagers wade through floodwater as they go to collect drinking water on the outskirts of Khulna on June 1, 2009.
 An Indian army helicopter drops food packets to marooned villagers at Patharprotima block near Sundarbans, about 150 kilometers
 Indian villagers wave to an Indian Air Force helicopter delivering food packets in the mangrove-covered delta region the Sunderbans, south of Kolkata, India on on May 27, 2009.
 Flood-affected villagers collect food packets dropped from an IAF helicopter in the Cyclone-hit area of Patharpatima Island, south of Kolkata, India on May 27, 2009.
 A woman tries to retrieve her belongings from her house, wrecked by cyclone Aila in Satkhira in southwestern Bangladesh on June 3, 2009.
 A girl, displaced from her home by a storm surge caused by Cyclone Aila, stands in front of her temporary shelter on a river dam in Satkhira in southwestern Bangladesh June 2, 2009.
 Villagers look over an eroded river embankment after heavy rainfall from Cyclone Aila in Namkhana village, India, Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
 Two Bangladeshi women whose relatives fell victim to Cyclone Aila mourn in Nil Dumoor village in Shatkhira, Bangladesh, Thursday, May 28, 2009.
 A girl looks on as Bangladeshis crowd to receive relief material at the cyclone affected village of Nowabanki in Shatkhira, Bangladesh, Friday, May 29, 2009.
 Bangladeshi women stand in a queue to receive relief material at the cyclone affected village of Nowabanki, Bangladesh, Friday, May 29, 2009.
 Flood water flows back to the sea as villagers rebuild an embankment at Protap Nagar in Shatkhira, Bangladesh on Sunday, May 31, 2009.
 Bangladeshi villagers work to rebuild an embankment at Protap Nagar in Shatkhira, Bangladesh on Sunday, May 31, 2009.
 A villager sells ducks at Khulna, about 163 kilometers (101 miles) southwest of Dhaka, Bangladesh on Monday, June 1, 2009.
 Villagers stand in a queue as volunteers distribute relief material from a boat in Shatkhira, Bangladesh, Saturday, May 30, 2009.
 Villagers rebuild houses at a cyclone affected village in Shatkhira, Bangladesh, Friday, May 29, 2009.
 A woman cooks at a makeshift shelter at the cyclone affected village of Nil Dumoor village, Bangladesh on Thursday, May 28, 2009.
 People displaced from their homes by a huge storm surge caused by Cyclone Aila wait for relief food in Shatkhira, Bangladesh on June 2, 2009.
 A woman holds her hungry baby at Protap Nagar, southwest of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 31, 2009.
 A boy runs through stagnant water to collect relief material at Laxmikhali village in Shatkhira, Bangladesh on Saturday, May 30, 2009.
Villagers return home after collecting relief aid at Khulna, Bangladesh, Monday, June 1, 2009.
 Displaced villagers receive food aid packets in the Koyra area on the outskirts of Khulna, Bangladesh on June 1, 2009.
A woman, displaced from her home by flooding due to cyclone Aila, waits to receive food in Satkhira in southwestern Bangladesh
Homes damaged by cyclone Aila are seen on the outskirts of Khulna on June 1, 2009.
A man waits for relief supplies at Patharpatima in the Sundarbans delta, south of Kolkata, India on May 26, 2009.
A displaced Bangladeshi villager takes shelter in a makeshift dwelling on the outskirts of Khulna on the evening of June 1, 2009.
Villagers offer prayers near the body of a victim, unseen, of Cyclone Aila during a funeral service in Nil Dumoor village in Shatkhira, southwest of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, May 28, 2009.
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