The 35 Deadliest Tropical Cyclones in World History

Rank	Name / Areas of Largest Loss	Year	Ocean Area	Deaths
1.	Great Bhola Cyclone, Bangladesh	1970 (Nov 12)	Bay of Bengal	300,000 - 500,000
2.	Hooghly River Cyclone, India and Bangladesh	1737	Bay of Bengal	300,000
3.	Haiphong Typhoon, Vietnam	1881	West Pacific	300,000
4.	Coringa, India	1839	Bay of Bengal	300,000
5.	Backerganj Cyclone, Bangladesh	1584	Bay of Bengal	200,000
6.	Great Backerganj Cyclone, Bangladesh	1876	Bay of Bengal	200,000
7.	Chittagong, Bangladesh	1897	Bay of Bengal	175,000
8.	Super Typhoon Nina, China	1975 (Aug 5)	West Pacific	171,000
9.	Cyclone 02B, Bangladesh	1991 (May 5)	Bay of Bengal	138,866
10.	Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar	2008 (May 3)	Bay of Bengal	138,366
11.	Swatlow, China	1922 (Jul 27)	West Pacific	100,000
12.	Great Bombay Cyclone, India	1882	Arabian Sea	100,000
13.	Hakata Bay Typhoon, Japan	1281	West Pacific	65,000
14.	Bangladesh	1942 (Oct 14)	Bay of Bengal	61,000
15.	India	1935	Bay of Bengal	60,000
16.	Calcutta, India	1864	Bay of Bengal	60,000
17.	Barisal, Bangladesh	1822	Bay of Bengal	50,000
18.	Sunderbans coast, Bangladesh	1699	Bay of Bengal	50,000
19.	India	1833	Bay of Bengal	50,000
20.	India	1854	Bay of Bengal	50,000
21.	Wenchou, China	1912 (Aug)	West Pacific	50,000
22.	Bengal Cyclone, Calcutta, India	1942	Bay of Bengal	40,000
23.	Bangladesh	1912	Bay of Bengal	40,000
24.	Bangladesh	1919	Bay of Bengal	40,000
25.	Canton, China	1862	West Pacific	37,000
26.	Bangladesh	1965 (May 11)	Bay of Bengal	36,000
27.	Backerganj (Barisal), Bangladesh	1767	Bay of Bengal	30,000
28.	Barisal, Bangladesh	1831	Bay of Bengal	22,000
29.	Great Hurricane, Lesser Antilles Islands	1780	Atlantic	22,000
30.	Chittagong, Bangladesh	1963 (May 28)	Bay of Bengal	22,000
31.	Great Coringa Cyclone, India	1789	Bay of Bengal	20,000
32.	Nagasaki Typhoon, Japan	1828	Western Pacific	15,000
33.	Urir, Bangladesh	1985 (May 28)	Bay of Bengal	15,000
33.	Tacloban, Philippines	November 1912	Western Pacific	15,000
35.	Devi Taluk, SE India	1977 (Nov 12)	Bay of Bengal	14,204
36.	Bangladesh	1965 (May 31)	Bay of Bengal	12,047

Death counts from large killer cyclones are highly uncertain, particulary for those before 1900. The above rankings are somewhat speculative. Information sources: EM-DAT, the International Disaster Database; Banglapedia, Wikipedia, Climate change impacts and adaptation assessment in Bangladesh" by Anwar Ali, the Philippine Star, and Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones (1999), by David Longshore.