1998 India heat wave | |
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| Total costs | N/A |
| Deaths | 2541 |
1876 Great Backerganj Cyclone | |
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| Total costs | N/A |
| Deaths | 200000 |
The Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876 (29 October – 1 November 1876) was one of the deadliest tropical cyclones in history. It hit the coast of Backerganj (near Meghna estuary) in present-day Barisal, Bangladesh, killing about 200,000 people, half of whom were drowned by the storm surge, while the rest died from the subsequent famine.
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