A US naval ship has arrived near Bangladesh’s coast to help the region ravaged by Cyclone Sidr, the top US military commander in the Pacific Ocean said today.

The Bangladesh government pledged today to feed more than two million people left destitute by Cyclone Sidr amid warnings the country faces acute food shortages after the storm ravaged crops.

OVERBURDENED relief centres scrambled to help tens of thousands of cyclone survivors yesterday as fist fights broke out amongvictims waiting for rice.

Overburdened relief centres were attempting to deliver aid to tens of thousands of cyclone survivors in Bangladesh today as authorities tracked an outbreak of waterborne illness that reportedly left two children dead.