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The 1970 North Indian Ocean cyclone season had no bounds, but tropical cyclones in the North Indian Ocean tend to form between April and December, with peaks in May and November. The 1970 season saw a total of 7 cyclonic storms, of which 3 developed into severe cyclonic storms. The Bay of Bengal was more active than the Arabian Sea during 1970, with all of the 3 severe cyclonic storms in the season forming there. Unusually, none of the storms in the Arabian Sea made landfall this year. The most significant storm of the season was the Bhola cyclone, which formed in the Bay of Bengal and hit Bangladesh on November 12. The storm killed over 500,000 people, making it the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded.

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