2015 Event Vanuatu President Baldwin Lonsdale calls for aid after Cyclone Pam decimates homes throughout this nation of over 60 islands, resulting in at least 8 deaths; the full impact of the Category 5 storm is not yet known 2013 Event The east coast of India expects Cyclone Phailin to make landfall today 2013 Event Nearly 500,000 people been evacuated from India's Odisha and Andhra Pradesh states in preparation for Cyclone Phailin 2011 Event Tropical cyclone Anthony lands in Bowen in Queensland, Australia, forcing a disaster zone declared in areas still recovering from the 2010-2011 Queensland floods 2010 Event The fourth named cyclone of the 2010 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Cyclonic Storm Giri, lands in western Burma with winds of 144mph 1999 Event Cyclone/tidal surge kills as many as 10,000 in eastern India 1991 Event In Bangladesh a cyclone killed over 131,000 and left 9 million homeless 1991 Event Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless 1988 Event 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless 1988 Event Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed 1985 Event Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed 1979 Event Pressure in nucleus of tropical cyclone at Guam hits record 870 hpa 1974 Event Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin, Australia 1971 Event Cyclone and tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 1970 Event Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh 1970 Event 240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die 1965 Event 3rd cyclone of year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges River 1964 Event India and Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed 1963 Event Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed 1963 Event Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India) 1960 Event Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 10,000 die 1960 Event Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 4000 die 1956 Event East Pakistan struck by cyclone and tidal waves 1942 Event Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India 1919 Birthday Huntz Hall, New York City, actor, Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game 1905 Event Cyclone hit Tahiti and adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people 1882 Event Cyclone in Arabian Sea, Bombay, India, drowns 100,000 1876 Event Cyclone hits Bengal, about 200,000 die 1864 Event Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die) 1864 Event Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed
