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GEOGRAPHY
Physical - Natural Disasters
Worst Tropical Cyclones by Death Toll
This list features the worst cyclones in history based on the number of fatalities.
RANK | CYCLONE | LOCATION | DEATH TOLL | YEAR |
1 | Great Bhola Cyclone | Bangladesh | 300,000-500,000 | 1970 |
2 | Hooghly River Cyclone | India; Bangladesh | 300,000 | 1737 |
3 | Haiphong Typhoon | Vietnam | 300,000 | 1881 |
4 | Coringa | India | 300,000 | 1839 |
5 | Backerganj Cyclone | Bangladesh | 200,000 | 1584 |
6 | Great Backerganj Cyclone | Bangladesh | 200,000 | 1876 |
7 | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 175,000 | 1897 |
8 | Super Typhoon Nina | China | 171,000 | 1975 |
9 | Cyclone 02B | Bangladesh | 138,866 | 1991 |
10 | Cyclone Nargis | Myanmar | 138,366 | 2008 |
References
Weather Underground (no date) Deadliest tropical cyclones. Available at: https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/articles/deadliest-tropical-cyclones (Accessed: 6 July 2025).
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