A cyclone with a storm-surge of 12.2 metres (40 ft) hit Meghna River estuary near Chittagong, Barisal, and Noakhali. Casualty is about 200,000. The storm also caused epidemic and famine, and vast property damage.
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list, disasters, bangladesh, death, toll, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, s. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources List of disasters in Bangladesh by death toll news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message This is a list of disasters and tragic events in Bangladesh sorted by death toll Throughout history Bangladesh has been attacked by various types of natural disasters Most of the natural disasters happen during May to July 100 or more deaths editThis is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Type of disaster Name Location Deaths Date NotesCyclone Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876 Coast of Backerganj 200 000 1876Cyclone Bengal 200 000 1897 A cyclone with a storm surge of 12 2 metres 40 ft hit Meghna River estuary near Chittagong Barisal and Noakhali Casualty is about 200 000 The storm also caused epidemic and famine and vast property damage Cyclone 1970 Bhola cyclone Bhola 500 000 12 November 1970 Entire coast of Bangladesh then called East Pakistan Cyclone 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone Chittagong 138 866 1991 A cyclone hit the coastal islands and chars near Patuakhali Barisal Noakhali and Chittagong Maximum wind speed reached 110 km h The storm surge was 1 9 metres Industrial disaster 2013 Rana Plaza collapse Dhaka 1 134 1 24 April 2013 Collapse of the Rana Plaza Savar Upazila Dhaka District BangladeshSee also editList of Bangladesh tropical cyclonesReferences edit Hoskins Tansy Reliving the Rana Plaza factory collapse a history of cities in 50 buildings day 22 The Guardian Retrieved 29 August 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of disasters in Bangladesh by death toll amp oldid 1189468515, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
