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Atlantic hurricane across southern England and the English Channel, deaths chiefly at sea, including 1083 in naval ships wrecked on Goodwin Sands [40] 7,600: Winter of 1894–95: 1894–1895 (December–February) An 8-week period of severe cold weather with a weekly death rate of around 950. [41] 6,500+ [42] [43] 1729 Influenza epidemic
Floodwaters have stranded hundreds of thousands of people in India’s northeast and neighboring Bangladesh’s eastern region, causing at least 15 deaths as rescuers struggled to reach those who ...
From January to October 2022, excessive rainfall and widespread monsoon flooding occurred in the South Asian countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It has become the region's deadliest floods since 2020 , with over 4,700 people dead.
News Agencies, citing the Indian and Bangladeshi governments, place the death toll in excess of 2,000. [1] By 3 August, approximately 20 million had been affected [ 2 ] and by 10 August some 30 million people in India, Bangladesh and Nepal had been affected by flooding.
Authorities in Bangladesh are bracing for the spread of waterborne diseases and racing to get drinking water to people after devastating floods last week that left at least 54 people dead and ...
At least 55 people died and 30 others were reported missing. Thirty-three people were treated for injuries. Adverse weather conditions and damaged infrastructure hampered rescue efforts. [4] At least 1,100 people were rescued and an estimated 10,000 had been displaced from their homes. [9] Nepal police deployed 27,380 personnel nationwide. [13]
The deaths are at 32, the person said, adding that the movement is now a “people’s protest” against attempted suppression by the government and the police.
Deaths Date Notes Ref. Bangladesh famine of 1974: Famine: 1970 Bhola cyclone: Cyclone: Bhola: 500,000+ 12 November 1970: Entire coast of Bangladesh (then called East Pakistan) 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.