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A collage of the ten deadliest tropical cyclones worldwide since 1990 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.
Collectively, tropical cyclones caused more than US$1.2 trillion in damage, unadjusted for inflation, and have killed more than 2.6 million people. Most of these deaths were caused by a few deadly cyclones, including the 1737 Calcutta cyclone , the 1839 Coringa cyclone , the 1931 Shanghai typhoon , the 1970 Bhola cyclone , Typhoon Nina in 1975 ...
Year Death tolls Event Countries affected Type Date 1900 6,000–12,000 1900 Galveston hurricane: United States Tropical cyclone September 9 1901 9,500 1901 eastern United States heat wave: United States Heat wave June–July 1902 29,000 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée: Martinique Volcanic eruption April–August 1903 3,500 1903 Manzikert ...
Cyclone Freddy in the Australian region and South-West Indian Ocean [12] [13] Highest Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for a season: 570 during the 1997 Pacific typhoon season: January 19, 1997 – December 23, 1997: Northwest Pacific Ocean [14] Highest number of rapid intensification cycles for a tropical cyclone: 7: February 4, 2023 ...
Authorities in the French overseas territory of Mayotte could still confirm only 31 deaths on Wednesday from Cyclone ... in 90 years. In addition to the 31 confirmed deaths, the local prefecture ...
A cyclone barrelling towards southeast Africa for the last four days caused widespread devastation in Mayotte after it struck the French oversea region as the most powerful storm in 90 years.
The death toll from a cyclone which hit France's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Saturday is likely to be several hundred, a local official has warned. Entire communities were flattened when ...
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.