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St. Lucia's flood, storm surge Holy Roman Empire: 1287 0 or 36,000 or 60,000 [4] North sea flood, storm surge: Holy Roman Empire: 1212 40,000 [5] 1949 Eastern Guatemalan floods: Guatemala: 1949 36,000 First St. Marcellus flood, storm surge Holy Roman Empire: 1219 33,000 1954 Yangtze River floods: China: 1954 27,000–1,500,000 1974 Bangladesh ...
Great Appalachian Storm of 1950: 1950: 6. 318: 1993 Storm of the Century: 1993: 7. 299–978: 2021 North American winter storm: United States and Mexico: 2021: 8. 286: December 1960 nor'easter: United States 1960: 9. 250: Great Lakes Storm of 1913: United States and Canada (Great Lakes region) 1913: 10. 235: Schoolhouse Blizzard: United States 1888
There were at least 76 tropical cyclones in the 20th century with a death toll of 1,000 or more, including the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history. In November 1970, the Bhola cyclone struck what is now Bangladesh and killed at least 300,000 people.
Highest storm surge: 14.5 m (47.6 ft) March 5, 1899: Cyclone Mahina in Bathurst Bay, Queensland, Australia [3] Highest confirmed wave height α: 30 m (98.4 ft) September 11, 1995: Hurricane Luis on Queen Elizabeth 2 in the north Atlantic Ocean [4] Costliest tropical cyclone: $125 billion (2005 and 2017 USD) in damages: August 29, 2005 August 25 ...
The more gradual the slope, the higher the storm surge. "The height of the storm surge is also dictated by the shape of the coast," Kottlowski said, citing differences between a concave coast ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Behold the awesome power of water. Already the ocean is swallowing beaches, roads and anything else in the way of Hurricane Florence's monstrous storm surge.
Cyclones. Extratropical cyclone. European windstorms; Australian East Coast Low "Medicane", Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones Polar cyclone; Tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, typhoon, or just "cyclone"
Winds reaching more than 90mph have left tens of thousands of homes without power across Wales and the west of England as Storm Darragh lashed the UK.. Gusts of 96mph have been recorded in some ...