Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Deadliest

North Indian ocean
Great Bhola Cyclone, Bangladesh 	1970	Bay of Bengal 	500,000 Hooghly River Cyclone, India and Bangladesh 	1737	Bay of Bengal 	300,000 Coringa, India 	1839	Bay of Bengal 	300,000 Backerganj Cyclone, Bangladesh 	1584	Bay of Bengal 	200,000 Great Backerganj Cyclone, Bangladesh 	1876	Bay of Bengal 	200,000 Chittagong, Bangladesh 	1897	Bay of Bengal 	175,000 Cyclone 02B, Bangladesh 	1991	Bay of Bengal 	140,000 Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar 	2008	Bay of Bengal 	140,000 Great Bombay Cyclone, India 	1882	Arabian Sea 	100,000 Calcutta, India 	1864	Bay of Bengal 	60,000

From Jeff masters

South-West Indian ocean

 * 1) Cyclone Leon–Eline - 700 (Mozambique, post-season total) - Madagascar deaths?
 * Cyclone Hudah - 750 (Madagascar)
 * Cyclone Ivan - 83 (Madagascar)
 * Cyclone Gafilo - 172 (Madagascar final report)
 * Cyclone Indlala - 88 (Madagascar)
 * Cyclone Hubert (2010) - 53 (Madagascar

Australian region

 * 1) Mahina Cyclone of 1899 - 400
 * 2) 1912 cyclone (no article, but most deaths from SS Koombana) - 173
 * 3) Cyclone Guba - 149
 * 4) 1935 cyclone (no article) - 141
 * 5) 1877 cyclone (no article) - 140
 * 6) 1911 cyclone (no article) - 122
 * 7) 1875 cyclone (no article) - 103
 * 8) Cyclone Tracy - 71
 * 9) 1875 cyclone (no article) - 69
 * 10) 1908 cyclone (no article) - 50

FROM http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/eastern.shtml 12 14 February 1898 	This cyclone of monsoon origin tracked from the continent over Brisbane and down the NSW coast. The bar (at sea level) in Brisbane at 4pm Sunday 13th was 997.7 hPa. The brig Amy (220 tons) after leaving Woolongong at 9 am 14th was driven ashore near Bulli and the crew of 8 all drowned. Another man died on the beach from shock. The brigantine Malcolm foundered at Bulli and the crew of 6 hands were lost and 150 m of the Bellambi jetty was washed away. The ship Atocama was abandoned on the 12th 500 nm off the coast and the Captain and 3 of the crew were saved but 13 of the crew were lost at sea. The Schooner Mary Peverill was beached in the Whitsunday Passage though the crew survived. 2 men drowned at Bungendore (near Canberra) in floods on the 15th. In Sydney trees were uprooted, verandas were carried away and the ferries were suspended. The yacht Greyland was capsized in the harbour. There were 30 known deaths associated with this event. 21 January 1918 	This tropical cyclone crossed the coast just north of Mackay. The lowest pressure of 932.6 hPa was recorded at 7.30 am 21st by a private observer (T. Croker) about 5 km from Mackay north of the river. Before the reading the winds were cyclonic south-easterly then there was a sudden lull and the winds turned northerly in a very short space of time the winds reached cyclonic strength.

The Post Office barograph fell to 944.8 hPa at 4am 21st but was prevented by the flange from falling below 944.8 hPa. The wind changed from the southeast to the north around 8am 21st with no abatement and increased in violence. The Harbour and Rivers Engineer's to Parliament stated that the cyclone was accompanied by an elevation in sea surface in the form of a wave which at Mackay slowly rose for about an hour reaching a height of 2.36 metres above the highest spring tide level. Hardly any building in Mackay escaped damage and a thousand were destroyed. Three steamers were sunk and three were grounded. The cyclone brought a 3.6 m storm surge into Mackay. An account by a Miss Morton stated that the tidal water reached her house at 4.45 am and she drifted on floating debris until 8.50 am. One observer saw a wall of water 7.6 m high sweep over the beaches towards the town at 5 am 21 January at the height of the cyclone. In 1987 a survivor recalled seeing waves 2.4 to 2.7 m high breaking in the centre of Mackay. Severe storm surge damage was also experienced at Slade Point, Blacks Beach and Eimeo Beach north of Mackay. The cyclone was very large in size and destructive winds extended down to Rockhampton with the worst damage occurring after the winds shifted from SE to NE. Trees were uprooted including large jacaranda trees. Many houses had verandas blown off and lost portion of their roofs. Two men were drowned at Rockhampton. At Yeppoon, a man drowned, trees were uprooted, three buildings were badly damaged or unroofed and several houses were lifted off their blocks. At Emu Park many houses were badly damaged and the fishing suffered severely. At Mt Morgan roofing iron was lifted off buildings and at Clermont thousands of trees were uprooted along all the surrounding roads and buildings lost roofing iron. Widespread flooding occurred in Central Queensland including a record flood at Rockhampton with widespread property damage. In Mackay the death tally was 20 on the 31st January 1918 and it is now though that a total loss of thirty people lost their lives in the cyclone and the subsequent floods in Central Queensland.

10 March 1918 - This tropical cyclone is widely regarded as the worst cyclone to hit a populated area of Queensland. It crossed the coast and passed directly over Innisfail. The pen on the Post Office barograph was prevented from registering below 948 hPa by the flange on the bottom of the drum. A pressure of 926 hPa was read at the Mourilyan Sugar mill at 7 pm on the 10th March. In Innisfail, then a town of 3,500 residents, only around 12 houses remained intact, the rest either blown flat or unroofed following the passage of the cyclone eye around 9 pm. A report from the Harbours and Marine engineer indicated that at Maria Creek, the sea rose to a height of about 3 m above high water (which is a height of 4.65 m above the normal tide levels for that day). Around 4:40 pm on the 10th March, a tidal wave was seen surging in from the east into Bingil Bay, taking the bridge over the creek 400 m inland. Mission Beach was covered by 3.6 m of water, extending hundreds of metres inland, with the debris reaching a height of 7 m in the trees. All buildings and structures were destroyed by the storm surge in the Bingil Bay to Mission beach area. The storm surge was 2.6m at Flying Fish Point. Babinda also had many buildings destroyed and some reports suggest that not one building was left standing. There was widespread damage at Cairns and on the Atherton Tablelands. Recent reports suggest that 37 people died at Innisfail while 40 - 60 lost their lives in nearby areas.

South Pacific

 * Namu -100+
 * Unnamed 1956 - 200+