List of Bangladesh tropical cyclones
Historical records

List of Bangladesh tropical cyclones

Section Title: Historical records
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SL. No.	Date/Year	Type of Disturbance	Relevant Information	Reference/Source of Information

1.	1582 AD (Date and month N/A)	Severe Cyclonic Storm with a core of hurricane winds	Coast: The cyclone crossed the coast of Backerganj (Sarkar Bala). Loss and damage: People killed = 200,000.	Ain-i-Akbari Riyaz-Us-Salatin Bengal District Gazetteer, 24 Parganas-by L.S.S. O'Malley, ICS, 1914, published- by the Bengal SOC Dept.

2.	1585 (Date and month N/A)	N/A	A tropical storm hit the eastern side of Bakerganj (now Barisal) near the mouth of the Meghna River estuary, causing devastation of crops.	Banglapedia

3.	1699 (Date and month N/A)	Severe Cyclonic Storm	Coast: The cyclone crossed the Sundarbans coast Loss and damage: People killed = 1. Other information is not available.	Daily Ittefaq, 5 May 1991.

4.	1760 (Date and month N/A)	Severe Cyclonic Storm	Coast: The cyclone crossed the Sundarbans coast Loss and damage: N/A. The whole area was almost damaged.	Daily Ittefaq, 5 May 1991.

5.	1765 (Date and month N/A)	Severe Cyclonic Storm	Coast: The cyclone crossed Chittagong coast Loss and damage: N/A. The whole area was destroyed. Other information is not available.	Daily Ittefaq, 5 May 1991.

6.	1767 (Date and month N/A)	Severe Cyclonic Storm	Coast: The cyclone crossed Backerganj (Barisal) coast. Surge height: 13.03 m (43 ft) Loss and damage: People killed: 30,000.	Daily Ittefaq, 5 May 1991.

7.	May–June 1797 (exact date N/A)	Severe Cyclonic Storm with a core of hurricane winds	Coast: The cyclone crossed Chittagong coast Loss and damage: Every house in the area was destroyed. Two ships were sunk in Chittagong Port.	Bangladesh Meteorological Department Banglapedia

8.	June 1822 (Actual date N/A)	Severe Cyclonic Storm with a core of hurricane winds	Coast: The cyclone crossed the coast of Backerganj (Barisal), Sarkar Bala. Loss and damage: People killed = 50,000.	Journal of Asiatic SOC. of Bengal, Vol.

9.	2 June 1823	Cyclonic Storm	Coast: The cyclone crossed Chittagong coast Other information is not available.	Disastrous storms in the Bay of Bengal, A Listing of Cyclonic Storms by Month Through 1979, Prepared for the Office of U.S.

10.	8 June 1824	Heavy Storm (Severe Cyclonic Storm)	Coast: The cyclone crossed Chittagong coast Other information is not available.	Disastrous storms in the Bay of Bengal, A Listing of Cyclonic Storms by Month Through 1979, Prepared for the Office of U.S.

11.	31 October 1831	Severe Cyclonic Storm	Coast: The cyclone crossed Barisal coast (Grazed the Balasore-Orissa coast) Surge height: 2.12–4.55 m (7–15 ft) Loss and damage: People killed = 22,000 (along the coast of India and Bengal) Cattle killed > 50,000 Other information is not available.	Bangladesh Meteorological Department. Bengal District Gazetteer (Balasore)- by L.S.S. O'Malley, ICS

12.	3–5 June 1839	Cyclonic Storm	Coast: Crossed Head Bay (Bengal coast) Other information is not available.	Disastrous storms in the Bay of Bengal, A Listing of Cyclonic Storms by Month Through 1979, Prepared for the Office of U.S.

13.	19–21 September 1839	Cyclonic Storm	Coast: The storm passed north across Sundarbans coast between Calcutta and Barisal. Other information is not available.	Disastrous storms in the Bay of Bengal, A Listing of Cyclonic Storms by Month Through 1979, Prepared for the Office of U.S.

14.	11 May 1844	Cyclonic Storm (Gale)	Coast: Crossed Noakhali and Chittagong coast. Other information is not available.	Disastrous storms in the Bay of Bengal, A Listing of Cyclonic Storms by Month Through 1979, Prepared for the Office of U.S.

15.	12–13 May 1849	Cyclonic Storm (Gale)	Coast: The cyclone crossed Chittagong coast Other information is not available.	Disastrous storms in the Bay of Bengal, A Listing of Cyclonic Storms by Month Through 1979, Prepared for the Office of U.S.

16.	23–28 April 1850	Cyclonic Storm	Formation: Formed over West Nicobars. Coast: It moved north to Bengal from West Nicobars. Other information is not available.	Disastrous storms in the Bay of Bengal, A Listing of Cyclonic Storms by Month Through 1979, Prepared for the Office of U.S.

17.	12–15 May 1852	Cyclonic Storm	Formation: Formed near 15°N. Coast: It moved northward and crossed the Sundarbans coast; the center passed 39 miles (63 km) east of Calcutta Other information is not available.	Disastrous storms in the Bay of Bengal, A Listing of Cyclonic Storms by Month Through 1979, Prepared for the Office of U.S.

18.	13–17 May 1869	Cyclonic Storm	The storm moved northwestward from Cape Negrais to Bengal and crossed the Bengal coast Other information is not available.	Disastrous storms in the Bay of Bengal, A Listing of Cyclonic Storms by Month Through 1979, Prepared for the Office of U.S.

19.	5–10 June 1869	Cyclonic Storm	Coast: From the North Bay the cyclone passed over Bengal. Other information is not available.	Disastrous storms in the Bay of Bengal, A Listing of Cyclonic Storms by Month Through 1979, Prepared for the Office of U.S.

20.	October 1872 (Date was not available)	Cyclonic Storm	Coast: The cyclone hit the coast of Cox's Bazar Other information is not available.	Disastrous storms in the Bay of Bengal, A Listing of Cyclonic Storms by Month Through 1979, Prepared for the Office of U.S.

21.	29 October – 1 November 1876 (The Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876)	Severe Cyclonic Storm with a core of hurricane winds.	Coast: The cyclone crossed the coast of Backerganj (present Barisal) near Meghna estuary. Maximum wind: 220 km/h (119 knots) Surge height: 3–13.6 m (10–45 ft) According to Banglapedia, a cyclone with a storm-surge of 12.2 metres (40 ft) hit Meghna River estuary near Chittagong, Barisal, and Noakhali.	Disastrous storms in the Bay of Bengal, A Listing of Cyclonic Storms by Month Through 1979, Prepared for the Office of U.S.

22.	24 October 1897	Cyclonic Storm	Coast:Kutubdia island near Chittagong. Casualty: 14,000. The resulting epidemic of Cholera killed another 18,000	--

23.	May 1898 (Date N/A)	Tropical cyclone with storm surge	Coast:Teknaf Casualty: unknown	--

24.	November 1904 (Date N/A)	Cyclonic storm	Coast:Sonadia 143 killed and fishing fleet wrecked.	--

25.	16 October 1909	Cyclonic Storm	Coast:Khulna Casualty: 698 people and 70,654 cattle.	--

26.	October 1913 (Actual Date N/A)	Cyclonic Storm	Coast:Muktagachha upazila (Mymensingh District) A tropical cyclone, having moved inland destroyed villages. Casualty: 500 people.	--

27.	24 September 1917	Cyclonic Storm	Coast:Khulna Casualty: 432 people and 28,029 cattle.	--

28.	May 1941 (Date N/A)	Cyclonic Storm	Coast:Eastern Meghna River estuary Casualty: unknown.	--

29.	October 1942 (date N/A)	Cyclonic Storm	Coast:The Sundarbans Casualty: unknown.	--

30.	17–19 May 1948	Cyclonic Storm	Coast:Deltan between Chittagong and Noakhali Casualty: approximately 1,200 people and 20,000 cattle.	--

31.	16–19 May 1958	Cyclonic Storm	Coast:East and West Meghna River estuary, east of Barisal and Noakhali Casualty: 870 people and 14,500. Also standing crops were destroyed.	--

32.	21–24 October 1958	Cyclonic Storm	Coast:Chittagong Casualty:Approx. 100,000 families were rendered homeless.	--

33.	9–10 October 1960	Severe Cyclonic Storm	Coast:Eastern Meghna River estuary near Noakhali, Bakerganj, Faridpur and Patuakhali. Maximum Wind:201 km/hour Maximum Surge: 3.05 metres Casualty: 3,000 people.	--

34.	30–31 October 1960	Severe Cyclonic Storm	Coast:Chittagong, Noakhali, Bakerganj, Faridpur, Patuakhali and eastern Meghna estuary Maximum Wind:210 km/h Surge: 4.5–6.1 m Casualty: about 10,000 people, 27,793 cattle.	--

35.	9 May 1961	Severe Cyclonic Storm	Coast:Bagerhat and Khulna Maximum Wind:161 km/h Surge height:2.44-3.05 m Casualty: 11,468 people (mostly in Char Alexander), 25,000 cattle. Damages: The railway tracks between Noakhali and Harinarayanpur were damaged.	--

36.	26–30 October 1962	Severe Cyclonic Storm	Coast:Feni Maximum Wind:161 km/h Surge height:2.5-3.0 m Casualty: about 1,000 people, many domestic cattle.	--

37.	28–29 May 1963	Severe Cyclonic Storm	Coast:Chittagong, Noakhali, Cox's Bazar and coastal islands of Sandwip, Kutubdia, Hatiya and Maheshkhali. Maximum Wind:203 km/h (164 km/h at Cox's Bazar) Surge height:4.3-5.2 m Casualty: 11,520 people, 32,617 cattle.	--

38.	11–12 May 1965	Cyclonic Storm	Coast:Barisal and Bakerganj Maximum Wind:162 km/h Surge height:3.7 m Casualty:19,279 people (out of that, 16,456 in Barisal).	--

39.	14–15 December 1965	Cyclonic Storm	Coast: near Cox's Bazar and Patuakhali Maximum Windspeed:210 km/h at Cox's Bazar Surge height:4.7-6.1 m Casualty 873 people. Damage: 40,000 salt beds destroyed	--

40.	1 October 1966	Cyclonic Storm	Coast:Sandwip, Bakerganj, Khulna, Chittagong, Noakhali and Comilla Surge height:4.7-9.1 m Maximum Wind:146 km/h Total people affected: 1.5 million people. Casualty: 850 people, 65,000 cattle.	--

41.	7-13 November: The 1970 Bhola cyclone	Severe Cyclonic Storm	Coast:entire coast of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) Most affected were Chittagong, Barguna, Khepupara, Patuakhali, north of Char Burhanuddin, Char Tazumuddin and south of Maijdi, Haringhata.	--

42.	5–6 November 1971	Cyclonic Storm	Coast:Coastal areas of Chittagong Casualty:unknown	--

43.	28–30 November 1971	Cyclonic Storm	Coast:near the Sundarbans Wind Speed:97–113 km/h Surge height:1 m Effect:Low-lying areas of Khulna town inundated	--

44.	6–9 December 1973	Cyclonic Storm	Coast:near the Sundarbans Coastal areas near Patuakhali and nearby islands were submerged under the tidal bore.	--

45.	13–15 August 1974	Cyclonic Storm	Coast:Khulna Maximum Wind:80.5 km/h Casualty:600 people.	--

46.	24–28 November 1974	Cyclonic Storm	Coast:near Cox's Bazar and Chittagong Maximum Wind:161 km/h Surge height:2.8-5.2 m Casualty: 200 people, 1000 cattle. Damages: 2,300 houses destroyed.	--

Sentence(s)

In 1876, Bangladesh cyclone with a storm-surge of 12.2 metres (40 ft) hit the Meghna River estuary near Chittagong, Barisal, and Noakhali.

final_sentence: In 1876, Bangladesh cyclone with a storm-surge of 12.2 metres (40 ft) hit the Meghna River estuary near Chittagong, Barisal, and Noakhali.