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Some of the most devastating natural disasters in recorded history with high casualties were tropical cyclones that hit the region now comprising present-day Bangladesh. Among them, the 1970 Bhola cyclone alone claimed approximately 300,000 to 500,000 lives, making it the deadliest tropical cyclone on record.
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.
In November 1970, the Bhola cyclone struck what is now Bangladesh and killed at least 300,000 people. There have been 15 tropical cyclones in the 21st century so far with a death toll of at least 1,000, of which the deadliest was Cyclone Nargis , with at least 138,374 deaths when it struck Myanmar .
Cyclone Amphan was one of the worst cyclones to hit Bangladesh in modern times. But thanks to local action, many lives were saved. Bangladesh has saved thousands of lives from a devastating ...
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. Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876: Cyclone: Coast of Backerganj: 200,000 1876 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone ...
More than 50 people have died in India and Bangladesh after Tropical Cyclone Remal lashed the area with ... that tropical cyclones in Asia could have double the destructive power by the end of the ...
Hamoon is most recent in series of major storms to pummel coastal regions of Bangladesh Three dead and 275,000 people flee to shelters in Bangladesh as Cyclone Hamoon makes landfall Skip to main ...
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.