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The 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone was one of the deadliest tropical cyclones in recorded history. [1] It was also one of the most powerful cyclones in the Indian Ocean.Forming out of a large area of convection over the Bay of Bengal on April 24, the tropical cyclone initially developed gradually while meandering over the southern Bay of Bengal.
The 1970 Bhola cyclone (also known as the Great Cyclone of 1970 [1]) was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) and India's West Bengal on 12 November 1970. [2]
On Munaung Island, two women died and 1,000 houses were destroyed, including 400 in Pyaeng Taung village. [58] In Chin State, at least 1,136 houses were destroyed in seven townships. [10] Two people were killed by a landslide near Tachilek. [59] A storm surge estimated at 3 to 3.5 m (9.8 to 11.5 ft) impacted coastal communities in Rakhine. [60]
Train Man (1999 novel): The destruction of multiple rail bridges over the Mississippi River forms the basis of the novel's plot. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005 novel): The fictional Brockdale Bridge is destroyed by the Death Eaters. In the 2009 film, this was replaced by the real-world Millennium Bridge, London. [203]
USS Regulus hard aground in 1971 due to a typhoon: after three weeks of effort, Naval salvors deemed it unsalvageable.. Marine salvage takes many forms, and may involve anything from refloating a ship that has gone aground or sunk as well as necessary work to prevent loss of the vessel, such as pumping water out of a ship—thereby keeping the ship afloat—extinguishing fires on board, to ...
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Sidr [a] was a tropical cyclone that resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in Bangladesh.The fourth named and the deadliest storm of the 2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Sidr formed in the central Bay of Bengal, and quickly strengthened to reach peak 1-minute sustained winds of 260 km/h (160 mph), making it a Category-5 equivalent tropical ...
Severe Cyclonic Storm Aila (JTWC designation: 02B) was the second named tropical cyclone of the 2009 North Indian Ocean cyclone season.Warned by both the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RMSC) and Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), Aila formed over a disturbance over the Bay of Bengal on May 23, 2009 and started to intensify and organize reaching sustained wind speeds of 110 kmh ...
Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan (/ ˈ ʌ m. p ʌ n / um-pun) [1] was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in Eastern India, specifically in West Bengal and Odisha, and in Bangladesh, in May 2020.