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The five deadliest storms in the past century to actually be called hurricanes were:
- Hurricane Mitch, 1998 (19,000-21,000 dead)
- Hurricane Fifi, 1974 (8,000-10,000 dead)
- Hurricane Flora, 1963 (7,100-8,000 dead)
- Okeechobee Hurricane, 1928 (4,000+ dead)
- Cuba Hurricane, 1932 (2,500-3,100 dead)
However, "hurricanes" in other parts of the world are not called hurricanes but by different names. The generic term for such a storm is tropical cyclone. The deadliest tropical cyclones in the past century are
- Bhola Cyclone, 1970 (300,000-500,000 dead)
- Cyclone Nargis, 2008 (138,000 dead)
- 1942 Bengal Cyclone (40,000 dead)
- 1963 East Pakistan Cyclone, (22,000 dead)
- Hurricane Mitch, 1998 (19,00-21000 dead)
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