Photograph: Submerged rice fields after cyclone Aila 

The impact of Cyclone Aila, which hit in May 2009, was much greater than just the number of people it killed - 149 in India and 179 in neighbouring Bangladesh. In West Bengal's alone, an estimated 100,000 people were left homeless. An estimated 50,000 hecates of agricultural land was lost or damaged during the storm.

Image Source: Kaustava, Wikimedia Commons