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1970 Bhola cyclone. The 1970 Bhola cyclone (also known as the Great Cyclone of 1970[1]) was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) and India's West Bengal on 12 November 1970. [2] It remains the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded and one of the world's deadliest humanitarian disasters.
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.
t. e. Traditionally, areas of tropical cyclone formation are divided into seven basins. These include the north Atlantic Ocean, the eastern and western parts of the northern Pacific Ocean, the southwestern Pacific, the southwestern and southeastern Indian Oceans, and the northern Indian Ocean (Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal).
Cyclone Mocha. The Bay of Bengal's first named tropical cyclone of the season, Mocha, formed Thursday morning, local time, and AccuWeather meteorologists say the strengthening storm could bring ...
Severe Cyclonic Storm Remal[a] (/ ˈrɛmæl /) was a moderately strong but less devastating tropical cyclone that affected West Bengal and Bangladesh, [3] It was the first depression and the first cyclonic storm of the 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. [4] According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, it turned into a cyclone ...
On 6 June, a Depression formed in the Arabian Sea, which was later named Biparjoy and rapidly intensified to a Category 1-equivalent cyclone. On 9 June, Tropical Storm 03B was designated by the JTWC in the Bay of Bengal. [3] On 31 July, a low-pressure area developed into Tropical Storm 04B, which was designated by the JTWC.
Hurricanes that affect California are mainly the remnants of hurricanes or tropical storms. In the twentieth century, only four eastern Pacific tropical cyclones have brought tropical storm-force winds to the Continental United States: the 1939 Long Beach Tropical Storm, Tropical Storm Joanne in 1972, Tropical Storm Kathleen in 1976, and Tropical Storm Nora in 1997.
Tropical cyclones in 2023. Satellite photos of 30 tropical cyclones worldwide that reached at least Category 3 on the Saffir–Simpson scale throughout 2023, from Freddy in February to Jasper in December. Among them, Mawar (second image in the second row) was the most intense with a minimum central pressure of 900 hPa.