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Originally posted by Cowperson@Dec 31 2004, 11:06 AM
Wasn't the death toll from a Typhoon in Bangladesh about 135,000 about three years ago?
Cowperson
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November 13, 1970 - a Massive Typhoon his Bangladesh. A colossal 20-foot tidal wave strikes the shores of the Ganges Delta on November 13, 1970, wreaking lethal damage on the people of East Pakistan. A 120-mile per hour cyclone spurred the tidal wave that washed over 100 islands near the coast. The island of Bolla took the brunt of the storm with an estimated 100,000 dead. An estimated total of 150,000 dead makes this the century's largest disaster by water.
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According to this site, however,
Worst death cases the total for the 1970 typhoon was 1,000,000, as referenced in Guiness 1974 edition. From what I can find, the number varies widely for that one, anywhere from 150,000 to 1,000,000.
There was another typhoon in Bangladesh in April of 1991 that killed an estimated 138,000.
Here is a link to all major storms in the 1900's....
Mother Nature's Wrath
Poor folks in Bangledesh have been hit by the three worst storms (up to this tsunami) November 1970, April 1991 and June 1991.