Deadliest Tropical Cyclones in History

The 20 Deadliest Tropical Cyclones in World History
Rank	Name / Areas of Largest Loss	Year	Ocean Area	Deaths
1.	Great Bhola Cyclone, Bangladesh	1970	Bay of Bengal	550,000
2.	Hooghly River Cyclone, India and Bangladesh	1737	Bay of Bengal	350,000
3.	Haiphong Typhoon, Vietnam	1881	West Pacific	300,000
4.	Backerganj Cyclone, Bangladesh	1584	Bay of Bengal	200,000
5.	Great Backerganj Cyclone, Bangladesh	1876	Bay of Bengal	200,000
6.	Chittagong, Bangladesh	1897	Bay of Bengal	175,000
7.	Super Typhoon Nina, China	1975	West Pacific	171,000
8.	Cyclone 02B, Bangladesh	1991	Bay of Bengal	140,000
9.	Great Bombay Cyclone, India	1882	Arabian Sea	100,000
10.	Hakata Bay Typhoon, Japan	1281	West Pacific	65,000
11.	Calcutta, India	1864	Bay of Bengal	60,000
12.	Swatlow, China	1922	West Pacific	60,000
13.	Barisal, Bangladesh	1822	Bay of Bengal	50,000
14.	Sunderbans coast, Bangladesh	1699	Bay of Bengal	50,000
15.	Bengal Cyclone, Calcutta, India	1942	Bay of Bengal	40,000
16.	Canton, China	1862	West Pacific	37,000
17.	Backerganj (Barisal), Bangladesh	1767	Bay of Bengal	30,000
18.	Barisal, Bangladesh	1831	Bay of Bengal	22,000
19.	Great Hurricane, Lesser Antilles Islands	1780	Atlantic	22,000
20.	Devi Taluk, SE India	1977	Bay of Bengal	20,000
20.	Great Coringa Cyclone, India	1789	Bay of Bengal	20,000
Death counts from large killer cyclones are highly uncertain, particulary for those before 1900. The above rankings are somewhat speculative. Information sources: Banglapedia, Wikipedia, and Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones (1999), by David Longshore.