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The 1970 Bhola cyclone (also known as the Great Cyclone of 1970 [1]) was a catastrophic and extremely deadly tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) and India's West Bengal on 12 November 1970. [2] It remains the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded and one of the world's deadliest humanitarian disasters.
The 1970 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was an extremely devastating North Indian cyclone season. The 1970 season saw a total of seven cyclonic storms, of which three developed into severe cyclonic storms. The Bay of Bengal was more active than the Arabian Sea during 1970, with all of the three severe cyclonic storms in the season forming there.
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. The cyclone formed over the central Bay of Bengal on November 8 and moved north, intensifying as it did so.
Tracks of Storms and Depressions in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, 1877–1970, IMD, 1979. Banglapedia [2] 22. 24 October 1897 Cyclonic Storm 14,000 Coast:Kutubdia island near Chittagong. Casualty: 14,000. The resulting epidemic of Cholera killed another 18,000 The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) [9]--- 23. May 1898 (Date N/A)
Max. length: 2,090 km (1,300 mi) ... The Bay of Bengal is full of ... Between 100,000 and 500,000 residents of Bangladesh were killed because of the 1970 Bhola cyclone.
The Bay of Bengal's first named tropical cyclone of the season, Mocha, formed Thursday morning, local time, and AccuWeather meteorologists say the strengthening storm could bring significant ...
The low-lying coast of Bangladesh along the Bay of Bengal is heavily populated, [2] with at least 120 million people. [12] In 1970, a cyclone struck the then East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh) and killed at least 300,000 people. [2] Before the cyclone moved ashore, an estimated 2–3 million people evacuated the Bangladeshi coast.
The United States's Joint Typhoon Warning Center unofficially designates as B to classify storms formed in the Bay of Bengal. [5] The Bay of Bengal's coast is shared among India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and western part of Thailand. [6] This sub-basin is the most active and produces some of the deadliest cyclones of all time. [7] The ...