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A collage of the ten deadliest tropical cyclones worldwide since 1990 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.
The most intense tropical cyclone in the South-West Indian Ocean was Cyclone Gafilo. By 10-minute sustained wind speed, the strongest tropical cyclone in the South-West Indian Ocean was Cyclone Fantala. Storms with an intensity of 920 hPa (27.17 inHg) or less are listed. Storm information was less reliably documented and recorded before 1985. [9]
Violent typhoon is the highest category used by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to classify tropical cyclones in the Northwest Pacific basin. The basin is limited to the north of the equator between the 100th meridian east and the 180th meridian .
Satellite image of the 1999 Odisha cyclone making landfall on eastern India as one of the most intense tropical cyclones in North Indian Ocean. Super cyclonic storm is the highest category used by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to classify tropical cyclones, within the North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone basin between the Malay Peninsula and the Arabian Peninsula.
Cyclone Chido hit Mayotte on Saturday. The state service confirmed it was the most dangerous cyclone to hit the island since 1934. The country was put under a cyclonic red alert, signaling ...
The North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone basin is located to the north of the Equator, and encompasses the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, between the Malay Peninsula and the Arabian Peninsula. [1] The basin is officially monitored by the India Meteorological Department 's Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in New Delhi. [ 1 ]
RSMC Tokyo's Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale Category Sustained winds Violent typhoon ≥105 knots ≥194 km/h Very strong typhoon 85–104 knots 157–193 km/h Typhoon 64–84 knots 118–156 km/h Severe tropical storm 48–63 knots 89–117 km/h Tropical storm 34–47 knots 62–88 km/h Tropical depression ≤33 knots ≤61 km/h
A cyclone barrelling towards southeast Africa for the last four days caused widespread devastation in Mayotte after it struck the French oversea region as the most powerful storm in 90 years.