Historical records of 12 most devastating cyclones, which formed in the Bay of Bengal and made landfall on the East coast of India

Historical records of 12 most devastating cyclones, which formed in the Bay of Bengal and made landfall on the East coast of India  

S.No	Date/ Year	Category of cyclone	Landfall and Relevant Information
1.	7-12 October, 1737	Super Cyclone*	Crossed West Bengal coast over Sunderbans Surge height: 12 m Loss of life: 300,000
2.	31 October, 1831	Very Severe Cyclonic Storm*	Crossed Orissa coast near Balasore Surge Height: 2-5 m Loss and Damage: People Killed=22,000, Cattleheads lost=50,000
3.	2-5 October, 1864	Very Severe Cyclonic Storm*	Cross the coast near Contai, West Bengal Surge Height: The wave in many places rose to 9 m The Maximum height of the waves reached 12 m At Sagar Island it was 5 m above land level. At Diamond Harbour, the wave was 3 m Loss and Damage: People Killed=50,000 (mostly due to drowning), and 30,000 (due to diseases as a result of inundation)
4.	1-2 November, 1864	Severe Cyclonic Storm*	Crossed Andhra Pradesh coast near Machili-patnam Surge-Height: 4 m Loss and Damage: People Killed=30,000
5.	22 September, 1885	Super Cyclone*	Crossed Orissa coast at False Point, Central pressure: 919 hPa, Surge Height: 7 m Loss of Life: 5000
6.	14-16 October, 1942	Severe Cyclonic Storm	Crossed West Bengal coast near Contai Surge Height: 3-5 m Loss and Damage: People Killed=19,000, Cattleheads killed=60,000
7.	8-11 October, 1967	Severe Cyclonic Storm	Crossed Orissa coast between Puri and Paradip on the morning of 9 October and then crossed Bangladesh coast during the night of 10-11 October Loss and Damage: People Killed=1,000, Cattleheads lost=50,000; property of few crores of rupees damaged
8.	26-30 October, 1971	Severe Cyclonic Storm	Crossed Orissa coast near Paradip early morning of 30 October Maximum Wind: 150-170 kmph (81-92 kts) Surge height: 4-5 m, north of Chandbali Loss and Damage: People killed=10,000; Cattleheads lost=50,000; Houses damaged=8,00,000
9.	14-20 November, 1977	Super Cyclone*	Crossed Andhra coast near Nizamparnam at 1730 IST on 19 November Maximum wind: Ongole recorded 102 kmph (55 kts); Machilipatnam recorded 120 kmph (65 kts); Gannavaram recorded 139 kmph (75 kts) Surge Height: 5 m Intensity: T 7.0 Maximum estimated wind speed: 260 kmph (140 kts) Loss and Damage: People killed=10,000; Cattleheads lost=27,000; Damage to crops and other property was estimated to be around Rs. 350 crores.
10.	4-11 May, 1990	Super Cyclone*	Crossed Andhra coast at about 40 km south west of Machilipatnam around 1900 IST of 9 May Maximum wind: Machilipatnam recorded 102 kmph (55 kts); Gannavaram recorded 93 kmph (50 kts) Surge height:4-5m Intensity: T 6.5 Maximum estimated wind speed : 235 kmph (126 kts) Loss and damage: People killed=967; the estimated cost of the damages to crops and properties= Rs.2,248 crore
11.	5-6 November, 1996	Very Severe Cyclonic Storm*	Crossed Andhra coast near Kakinada at midnight of 6 November Maximum wind: 200 kmph (108 kts ) Surge height:3-4 m Loss and damage: People killed=2000; People missing=900;crops destroyed in 3,20,000 hectares of land; house destroyed=10,000 Estimate of the loss for crops= Rs.150 crores
12.	25-31 November, 1999	Super Cyclone	Crossed Orissa coast near Paradip at noon of 29 October Maximum wind: 260 kmph (140 kts); Bhubaneshwar recorded 148 kmph (80 kts) Surge height : 6-7m Intensity : T 7.0 Loss and damage : People killed=8,960; People injured = 2,142; cattleheads perished=3,70,297; Paddy crops in 16,17,000 hectares and other crops in 33,000 hectares damaged.

* Severe Cyclonic Strom with core of hurricane winds as per earlier categorization