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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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