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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
The Bay of Bengal is the ... The Bay of Bengal is full of ... Between 100,000 and 500,000 residents of Bangladesh were killed because of the 1970 Bhola cyclone.
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 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 ...
More than 50 people have died in India and Bangladesh after Tropical Cyclone Remal lashed ... of rain and bring wind-driven storm surges of 2.5 to 3.7 meters to the coasts of the Bay of Bengal ...