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29–30 April 1991: The 1991 Bangladesh cyclone hit Bangladesh late 29 April night. The storm originated in the Indian Ocean and reached the Bay of Bengal coast after 20 days. The diameter of the storm was close to 600 km. The maximum wind speed (observed at Sandwip) reached 225 km/h.
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.
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 ...
Cyclone Mocha has hit the coastlines of Bangladesh and Myanmar, bringing winds of up to 130mph. Footage shared by Abdusattor Esoev, UN Migration's Chief of Mission in Bangladesh, shows disaster ...
The cyclone made landfall on West Bengal and Bangladesh's Sundarban Delta, just near the border at 8:30 pm on Sunday, 26 May as a severe cyclonic storm. The storm's sustained winds were 100 to 135 kilometres per hour (60 to 85 mph) during landfall in the coastal area. [b] [7] Remal killed at least 85 people including 65 in India and 20 in ...
Packing speeds of up to 135 kph (84 mph), it crossed the area around Bangladesh's southern port of Mongla and the adjoining Sagar Islands in India's West Bengal late on Sunday, weather officials ...
Bangladesh evacuated nearly 800,000 people from vulnerable areas on Sunday as the country and neighboring India awaited the arrival of a severe cyclone that has formed over the Bay of Bengal. The ...
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] It remains the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded and one of the world's deadliest humanitarian disasters.