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Jul 24 2008 17:52:57
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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 |
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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.
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