Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
26 May 2021: Cyclone Yaas hit Bangladesh after causing a lot of damages and destructions in India. Before hitting, strong tidal waves damaged many coastal structures, dames and jetties. [13] 24 October 2022: Cyclone Sitrang made landfall near Bhola killing 35 people in Bangladesh. It had wind speeds up to 85 km/hour.
Cyclone Bengal 200,000+ 1897 A cyclone with a storm-surge of 12.2 metres (40 ft) hit Meghna River estuary near Chittagong, Barisal, and Noakhali. Casualty is about 200,000. The storm also caused epidemic and famine, and vast property damage. Cyclone 1970 Bhola cyclone: Bhola: 500,000+ 12 November 1970: Entire coast of Bangladesh (then called ...
The Bhola cyclone on November 11, 1970, at 0858 UTC The 1970 Bhola cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (now Bangladesh ) on November 12, 1970. It was the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded, and one of the deadliest natural disasters of modern times.
The most significant storm of the season was the Bhola cyclone, which formed in the Bay of Bengal and hit Bangladesh on November 12. The storm killed at least 500,000, making it the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history. [1]
A montage of notable people of and events of Bangladesh in the 1970s including (clockwise from top left): Image of the Bhola cyclone taken on 11 November 1970; Pakistan's PNS Ghazi sank in 1971 during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; Lt Gen Niazi signing the Instrument of Surrender under the gaze of Lt Gen Aurora at Dhaka on 16 December 1971; President Ziaur Rahman; Bangladesh PM Sheikh Mujib and ...
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 ...
1970 Bhola cyclone; 1985 Bangladesh cyclone; 1988 Bangladesh cyclone; 1991 Bangladesh cyclone; 1994 Bangladesh cyclone; May 1997 Bangladesh cyclone; A. Cyclone Aila;