It hit East Pakistan (now called Bangladesh) and West Bengal on November 12, 1970 and obviously not an Australian natural disaster
1970 Bhola Cyclone killed 300,000-500,000 people.
Great Bhola Cyclone, Bangladesh, 1970, Bay of Bengal, Deaths 5,00,000
The deadliest storm to be referred to as a hurricane was the Great Hurricane of 1780 with over 20,000 deaths. However, "hurricanes" in other parts of the world are described with different terms. The generic term is "tropical cyclone." The deadliest tropical cyclone on record was the Bhola Cyclone of 1970. This storm struck Bangladesh and parts of India, killing at least 300,000 people and possibly as many as 500,000.
im realy not sure but i think it was 3 Sep 1985
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Cyclone Bhola landed on East Pakistan(Bangladesh) and India's West Bengal on 1970 November 12.
1970 Bhola Cyclone killed 300,000-500,000 people.
The worst hurricane in the world was the Bhola Cyclone (a hurricane in the Indian Ocean is called a cyclone), which struck Bangladesh in 1970.
Great Bhola Cyclone, Bangladesh, 1970, Bay of Bengal, Deaths 5,00,000
The Bhola cyclone of 1970 killed an estimated 300,000 people in Bangladesh. However, this event was purely a tropical cyclone. No tidal wave or tsunami was involved.
Technically, a recent event is in the past. The deadliest storm to earn the title "Hurricane" was the Great Hurricane of 1780. The deadliest tropical cyclone (the generic term for storms such as hurricanes) was the Bhola Cyclone of 1970.
The Bhola Cyclone of 1970 formed over the central Bay of Bengal. It developed whenthe remnants of Tropical storm Nora which had broiled in the South China Sea moved over the Malay Peninsula and joined a depression in the Bay of Bengal, helping to intensify the depression into a cyclone.
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The storms we call hurricanes go by different names around the world. The generic term for such a storm is tropical cyclone. The worst tropical cyclone on record was the Bhola Cyclone of November 1970. This cyclone struck Bangladesh (then called East Pakistan) killing as many as 500,000 people.
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The Bhola cyclone caused between 300,000 and 500,000 deaths, making it the deadliest tropical cyclone in history.