4. 1 :1970 BHOLA CYCLONE
1970 Bhola Cyclone hit East Pakistan
(Bangladesh today) and India's West
Bengal on November 12, 1970.
While the exact death toll is unknown
it is estimated that 300,000-500,000
people perished in the aftermath of
this storm.
This cyclone was not extremely large,
reaching strengths equivalent of a
Category 3 Hurricane.
This cyclone was creates huge
flooded in that areas in the Ganges
Delta, literally wiping villages and
crops off the face of the earth.
5. 2 : TYPHOON NINA 1975
As a regular typhoon
Super Typhoon Nina
came onto the scene with
a bang,
hitting China hard and
quickly destroying the
Banqiao Dam.
Creates flooding in china
and causes a lot of
damage.
With a 100,000+ death
toll Super Typhoon Nina
is the 2nd deadliest
Typhoon
6. 3 : HURRICANE KENNA (2002)
Kenna, a category 5
hurricane, was the 3rd
most intense Pacific
hurricane to ever
strike Mexico's West
Coast.
Hitting San Blas,
Nayarit on October 25th,
2002 was the 3rd cat 5
hurricane of the
hurricane season.
140 mph winds and a 16
foot surge devastated
the coast line
causing $101 million
dollars in damage.
7. 4 : HURRICANE PAULINE
It is also one of most
destructive pacific
hurricane to make
landfall in Mexico.
Hurricane Pauline
killing roughly 250-400
people and leaving a
striking 300,000 people
homeless.
Beyond all the lives
destroyed Hurricane
Pauline caused a massive
amount of damage,
exceeding $7.5 billion
8. 5 : HURTRICANE INIKI (HAWAI 1992)
When people think about
Hawaii they often imagine
lazy days of surfing and
long luaus that go into the
night.
Born from the strong El
Nino warm phase of 91-94
Hurricane Iniki reached cat
4 level winds as the eye
passed over the island of
Kauaʻi
.
Amazingly there were only
6 deaths attributed to
Hurricane Iniki
The monetary damage
however was huge for the
small island, totalling over
$1.8 billion
9. 6: GALVESTON HURRICANE OF 1900
The year was 1900, the place was
Galveston Texas.
On September 4th a warning was
released saying a large tropical
storm had just passed Cuba
When the Galveston Hurricane
of 1900 made landfall on
September 8th it brought a 15
foot tall storm surge along with
135mph winds, making it a
category 4 hurricane.
In total over 3600 houses were
destroyed.
deadliest natural disaster to ever
hit the US, claiming over 6,000
lives.
The total damages exceeded $20
million in 1900 dollars
10. 7 : HURRICANE IKE (2008)
Hurricane Ike is in the top 3
for most destructive
hurricane's to ever hit with
$24 billion (2008 USD) in
the United States
with additional damage of
$7.3 billion in Cuba
$200 million in the Bahamas,
and $500 million in the
Turks and Caicos
Hurricane Ike results in at
least 195 deaths all the way
from Haiti to Galveston and
many places in between.
11. 8 : THE GREAT HURRICANE OF 1780
Holding the record as the
deadliest Atlantic
hurricane this storm
devastated Puerto Rico,
Dominican Republic,
Lesser
Antilles, Bermuda, and
possibly Florida and
other States.
While the total damages
are unknown the death
toll was well over 22,000
people, more than any
other decade of Atlantic
hurricanes.
12. 9 :HURRICANE ANDREW (1992)
Wreaking havoc across the
northwestern Bahamas,
southern Florida and
southwest Louisiana.
Andrew caused $26.5
billion (USD 1992) in
damage though some
sources place this number
closer to $34 billion.
Hurricane Andrew the
death toll was very low,
with 26 deaths caused
directly by the hurricane
and 39 as secondary
deaths.
13. 10 : HURRICANE KATRINA
AUGUST 10TH 2005
On August 28th, 2005, it
was an early
Monday morning when
Hurricane Katrina hit the
southern coast of the
United States.
More than 1,800 people
lost their lives
and more than more than
$81 billion dollars in
damages occurred.
Hurricane Katrina is one
of the five DEADLIEAST
natural disaster, in the
history of the United States.
