Eleven Worst Hurricanes In History

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Deadliest Hurricanes In History

With Hurricane Gustav just passing and Hurricane Ike set to create some devastating damage, I thought I’d take a look back into history and see how the crazy hurricanes of late measure up.

While hurricanes like Katrina were nightmares with more than 1800 deaths; Hurricane Katrina can’t even hold a candle to the 11^th worst Hurricane in history.  Take a look at the eleven worst recorded hurricanes in history!

11. 1864 Calcutta Cyclone

Location: India

Year: October 5^th 1864

Death Toll: 60,000

10. 1922 Swatow Typhoon

Location: China

Year: August 1922

Death Toll: 60,000

9. 1882 Bombay cyclone

Location: Bombay, India

Year: June 6th1882

Death Toll: 100,000

8. 1991 Bangladesh cyclone

Location: Bangladesh

Year: April 29^th 1991

Death Toll: 138,866

7. Cyclone Nargis

Location: Myanmar      

Year: May 2^nd 2008

Death Toll: 140,000

6. Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876

Location: Present day Bangladesh

Year: October 29^th 1876

Death Toll: 200,000

5. Super Typhoon Nina

Location: China

Year: July 31^st 1975    

Death Toll: 210,000

4. 1737 Calcutta cyclone

Location: India

Year: October 7^th 1737           

Death Toll: 300,000

3. 1881 Haiphong Typhoon

Location: Vietnam        

Year: 1881      

Death Toll: 300,000

2. 1839 Indian Cyclone

Location: India            

Year: November 25^th 1839      

Death Toll: 300,000

1. 1970 Bhola cyclone

Location: Bangladesh (East Pakistan)               

Year: November 12^th 1970      

Death Toll: 500,000

References:

http://www.wikipedia.com

published September 8, 2008

written by rizzle

bobeatspussy

Sep 9, 2008 4:48pm

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Dude do you home work. US 1938 It was the Perfect Storm. But instead of raging far out in the Atlantic, the Great Hurricane of 1938 left a wake of death and destruction across seven states. It battered J. P. Morgan's Long Island estate, wiped out beach communities from Watch Hill to Newport, flooded the Connecticut Valley, and flattened Vermont's prized maples.

On September 8, 1900, a massive hurricane slammed into Galveston, Texas. A tidal surge of some four feet in as many seconds inundated the city, while the wind destroyed thousands of buildings. By the time the water and winds subsided, entire streets had disappeared and as many as 10,000 were dead--making this the worst natural disaster in America's history.

Read a book some time The sudden Sea and Isaac' Storm are two you should read.

rizzle

Sep 9, 2008 5:08pm

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Cool, I'll definitely check out the books!

I definitely did do my research though, the smallest storm I listed in this article had 60,000 deaths. While the 'Perfect storm' in 1938 did 306 million dollars in damage(would be 4.7 billion today with inflation) however less than 700 people died.

Here is a link to the info regarding the 1938 storm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Hurricane_of_1938

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