By Akash Gokhe
Sep 27, 2022
The Backerganj Cyclone hit Bangladesh in 1584. The cyclone killed 200,000 in Bangladesh.
One of history's greatest catastrophic disasters strikes India and Bangladesh in 1737. 300,000 to 350,000 died in the cyclone.
In 1839, the Coringa Cyclone hit India. The cyclone killed 300,000 people and destroyed 20,000 ships.
The cyclone on Oct. 31, 1876, in Bangladesh killed an estimated 200,000 people.
On Oct. 8, 1881, the Haiphong Cyclone hit Vietnam. The cyclone killed estimated 300,000 peoples.
In 1897 Chittagong Cyclone killed 175,000 people and destroyed half the town's buildings.
The cyclone hit Bangladesh's east coast with 70 mph winds on Oct. 16. 61,000 people died and 3,000 homes were destroyed by the cyclone.
Cyclone 02B, often known as the Bangladesh Cyclone of 1991, killed 135,000 and left 10 million homeless.
Great Bhola Cyclone is the deadliest tropical cyclone ever. 300,000 to 500,000 people were killed.
Cyclone Nargis affected 2.4 million people in Myanmar on May 2, 2008. The cyclone killed 84,500 and missing 53,800.