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28–29 May 1963: A severe cyclonic storm devastated Chittagong, Noakhali, Cox's Bazar and coastal islands of Sandwip, Kutubdia, Hatiya and Maheshkhali. The storm surge reached 4.3–5.2 m in Chittagong. Maximum windspeed was up to 203 km/h and at Cox's Bazar 164 km/h. Casualty: 11,520 people, 32,617 cattle.
The 1991 Bangladesh cyclone was among the deadliest tropical cyclones in recorded history. [1] It was also one of the most powerful cyclones in the Indian Ocean. Forming out of a large area of convection over the Bay of Bengal on April 24, the tropical cyclone initially developed gradually while meandering over the southern Bay of Bengal.
[1] [2] Within the basin a Super Cyclonic Storm is defined as a tropical cyclone, that has 3-minute mean maximum sustained wind speeds of at least 120 knots (220 km/h; 140 mph). [1] [2] The category was introduced during 1999 alongside Very Severe Cyclonic Storms in order, to replace the previously used Severe Cyclonic Storm with Core of ...
Part of the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan (/ ˈʌm.pʌn /) was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in Eastern India, specifically in West Bengal and Odisha, and in Bangladesh, in May 2020. It was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Ganges Delta.
A total of 16 cyclones are listed down below reaching/surpassing an intensity of 920 hPa (27.17 inHg), with most of them occurring during El Niño seasons. Tropical cyclones that have been recorded since the start of the 1969–70 Tropical Cyclone year and have reached their peak intensity to the west of 160E are included in the list.
0–9. 1970 Bhola cyclone. 1985 Bangladesh cyclone. 1988 Bangladesh cyclone. 1991 Bangladesh cyclone. 1994 Bangladesh cyclone. May 1997 Bangladesh cyclone.
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Sidr [a] was a tropical cyclone that resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in Bangladesh.The fourth named and the deadliest storm of the 2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Sidr formed in the central Bay of Bengal, and quickly strengthened to reach peak 1-minute sustained winds of 260 km/h (160 mph), making it a Category-5 equivalent tropical ...
The smallest tropical cyclone was Cyclone Ogni, which struck the Andhra Pradesh coast on October 30, 2008. The cyclone's diameter was only 100 km (62 mi). [36] The largest tropical cyclone was the 1999 Odisha Cyclone, which strike the coast of Odisha. [8] [37] The wettest tropical cyclone was Severe Cyclonic Storm ARB 01 (2004). One of the ...