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This is a list of the deadliest tropical cyclones, including all known storms that caused at least 1,000 direct deaths. There were at least 76 tropical cyclones in the 20th century with a death toll of 1,000 or more, including the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history.
At least 300,000 people died in the storm, [3] possibly as many as 450,000, [4] [5] [6] primarily as a result of the storm surge that flooded much of the low-lying islands of the Ganges Delta. [7] Bhola was the sixth and strongest cyclonic storm of the 1970 North Indian Ocean cyclone season .
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 05 and the Super Cyclonic Storm BOB 06 made back-to-back over Odisha in the month of October killing more than 15,000 people. The latter one remains the most powerful cyclone to form in overall North Indian Ocean basin on record with windspeed of 260 km/h (160 mph) and 912 hPa (26.93 inHg).
August 29 marks the 10-year anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, and since then, New Orleans and surrounding areas have never been the same. The hurricane brought death ...
At least 500,000 people lost their lives in the storm, mostly as a result of the storm surge that flooded many of the low-lying islands of the Ganges Delta. This cyclone was the sixth cyclonic storm of the 1970 North Indian Ocean cyclone season and was also the most powerful, reaching a strength equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane .
With peak winds of 160 miles per hour (257 km/h), it was the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane. [11] Almost two million people were left homeless; [12] another 20 million people's lives were disrupted by the cyclone. [12] Officially, 9,803 people died from the storm; [11] unofficial estimates place the death toll at over 10,100. [12]
This is a list of the most intense tropical cyclones as measured by minimum atmospheric pressure at sea level. Although maximum sustained winds are often used to measure intensity as they commonly cause notable impacts over large areas, and most popular tropical cyclone scales are organized around sustained wind speeds, variations in the ...
The previous decades with the most Category 5 hurricanes were the 1930s and 1960s, with six occurring between 1930 and 1939. [6] The most Category 5 hurricanes recorded in a single season is four, in 2005. The most consecutive years to feature at least one Category 5 hurricane each is four, from 2016 to 2019. [7]