The 20 Deadliest Tropical Cyclones in World History
Rank:
Name / Areas of Largest Loss:
Year:
Ocean Area:
Deaths:
1.
Great Bhola Cyclone , Bangladesh1970
Bay of Bengal
550,000
2.
Hooghly River Cyclone, India and Bangladesh1737
Bay of Bengal
350,000
3.
Haiphong Typhoon, Vietnam
1881
West Pacific
300,000
3.
Coringa, India
1839
Bay of Bengal
300,000
5.
Backerganj Cyclone, Bangladesh
1584
Bay of Bengal
200,000
6.
Great Backerganj Cyclone , Bangladesh1876
Bay of Bengal
200,000
7.
Chittagong, Bangladesh
1897
Bay of Bengal
175,000
8.
Super Typhoon Nina , China1975
West Pacific
171,000
9.
Cyclone 02B , Bangladesh1991
Bay of Bengal
140,000
10.
Great Bombay Cyclone, India
1882
Arabian Sea
100,000
11.
Hakata Bay Typhoon, Japan1281
West Pacific
65,000
12.
Calcutta, India
1864
Bay of Bengal
60,000
13.
Swatlow, China
1922
West Pacific
60,000
14.
Barisal, Bangladesh
1822
Bay of Bengal
50,000
15.
Sunderbans coast, Bangladesh
1699
Bay of Bengal
50,000
16.
Bengal Cyclone, Calcutta, India
1942
Bay of Bengal
40,000
17.
Canton, China
1862
West Pacific
37,000
18.
Backerganj (Barisal), Bangladesh
1767
Bay of Bengal
30,000
19.
Barisal, Bangladesh
1831
Bay of Bengal
22,000
20.
Great Hurricane, Lesser Antilles Islands1780
Atlantic
22,000
21.
Devi Taluk, SE India
1977
Bay of Bengal
20,000
21.
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.
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