Tropical Cyclones

This project is for those who have died in or as a result of a Tropical Cyclone

Tropical Cyclones are found in the following areas:

• From: the Southwest Pacific Ocean west of 160°E or Southeast Indian Ocean east of 90°E: Classified as "severe tropical cyclone" or "Category 3 cyclone" and above
• From: the North Indian Ocean: Classified as "very severe cyclonic storm"
• From: the Southwest Indian Ocean: Classified as "tropical cyclone"

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Deadliness of Tropical Cyclones

• 1970 Bhola cyclone in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) on 13 Nov 1970 – 250,000- 500,000 deaths
• 1839 India Cyclone in India on 25 Nov 1839 – 300,000 deaths
• 1737 Calcutta Cyclone in India on 7 Oct 1737 – 300,000 deaths
• Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876 in India (now Bangladesh) on 30 Oct 1876 – 200,000 deaths
• 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone in Bangladesh on 29 Apr 1991 – 138,866 deaths
• Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar on 2 May 2008 – 138,366 deaths
• 1882 Bombay cyclone in India on 1882 – 100,000 deaths
• 1874 Bengal cyclone in India on Oct 1874 – 80,000 deaths

Links to additional reading:

• Australia’s worst cyclones: timeline

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