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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.
Heavy beach erosion occurs as a result of the storm. Arlene causes $55 million in damage and its flooding rains kill one person. [60] [61] September 14, 1993 – Hurricane Lidia moves into Texas before being absorbed by a cold front near Austin. [62] Lida's remnants cause moderate rainfall across the state, peaking at 7.3 in (190 mm) in Denton ...
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.
Texas officials say residents in Houston may not have power back for weeks after deadly thunderstorms slammed the region Thursday. Houston Mayor John Whitmire said the storm was known to have ...
The map from NASA's Earth Observatory land surface temperature changes across America compared to 2001-2010 average for the same day period, stretching from December 26, 2017 to January 2, 2018.
A tornado watch was issued at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday that included 36 North and Central Texas counties. Tarrant, Dallas, Denton, Collin and Parker were some of the areas in the alert which the ...
The cyclone continued to move west-southwestward, and rapidly weakened into a remnant low-pressure area off the Somalia coast on the next day, ending the season. [2] The cyclone brought widespread rain to the Laccadives from November 22 to 24, with 60 mm (2.4 in) recorded on Amini on November 23. [2]
The deadliest tropical cyclone was the 1970 Bhola cyclone, which had a death toll of anywhere from 300,000 to 500,000 lives. A 2024 peer-reviewed study published in Nature found a robust increase in excess mortality that persisted for 15 years after each geophysical event. On average, after each tropical cyclone, the study found there were ...