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The northern region was hit by an F3 tornado in the interior of the municipality of Canoinhas on May 16, causing the deaths of 23 people and several animals. [11] [12] F3 1959 Southern Brazil tornado outbreak and derecho event: August 12–14, 1959: Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná: Several: ≥60 fatalities, ≥200 injured
1 Only systems that formed either on or after January 1, 1991 are counted in the seasonal totals. 2 Only systems that formed either before or on December 31, 1991 are counted in the seasonal totals. 3 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the IMD Scale which uses 3-minute sustained winds.
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.
Featured Wilma, the strongest storm on record in the basin Featured Katrina, tied as costliest storm on record Included 1 subtropical storm and 1 subtropical depression Eastern Pacific: 17 15 7 Kenneth: 6 $12 million Western Pacific: 33 24 13 Haitang: 436 $7.6 billion Matsa, Nabi, Longwang: North Indian: 12 3 0 Pyarr: 273 $21.4 million South ...
The storm was considered the worst on the island in 20 years. About 1,500 homes were damaged or destroyed, leaving 1,000 people homeless. Bella also severely damaged crops, roads, and the power grid on Rodrigues. The storm killed about half of the Rodrigues flying fox, a critically endangered species. Elsewhere, Bella was believed to have sunk ...
The original WMO policy of naming storms with Greek letters stated that if a storm was destructive enough to warrant retirement of the name, the Greek letter would be used again, but the name, with the year after it, would be included in the list of retired names; for example, "Alpha (2005)" would be listed under retired names, but Alpha could ...
1998 – a weak tropical cyclone that caused 187 deaths in Vietnam, and was described as the worst storm to hit the region in 3 decades. Daye (2018) – a weak tropical cyclone that affected the states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. Dean; 1980 – which struck Western Australia and caused substantial damage to Port Hedland.
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