US Marines airlift water to Bangladesh cyclone victims

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DHAKA (AFP) — The US navy has begun airlifting urgently needed supplies of clean drinking water to thousands of survivors of Bangladesh's devastating Cyclone Sidr, an official said Saturday.

More than 3,400 people died and hundreds of thousands left homeless after the powerful storm on November 15 demolished entire villages.

Relief efforts have been dogged by problems, leaving villagers desperately short of water, food and medicine more than a week after the killer cyclone struck.

One person died on Saturday and over 100 were hurt, 10 seriously, when a bridge collapsed under the weight of 1,000 cyclone victims who were queuing for food from a cement company, police and officials said.

"The company which was to distribute food to the area did not...