Nargis 115 knots and right on landfall:
http://205.85.40.22/jtwc/warnings/io0108.gif

The region is usually devastated by any storms in the region coming
ashore, as deforestation all the way up to the tree line in the
Himalayas and bad land management right down to the shoreline has
coupled to cause now traditional flood disasters all through their
rainy season.

A major increase in the factor is the caste system if it exists in
Muslim countries, where the needs of replenishment do not fit into the
overall scheme of supply and demand.
http://www.country-studies.com/bangl...ification.html

It didn't happen under the Raj, Asian or British. Not to the same
extend at least.

The last I heard is that the prawn industry worldwide is even ruining
fish stocks there. Corruption, ignorance and the inability to combine
so as to deal with the obvious rules KO.