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14–15 May 2007: Cyclone Akash struck about 115 km south of Chittagong with wind speeds up to 120 km/hour. 14 people were killed and damages amounted to US$982 million. 15 November 2007: cyclone Sidr with wind speeds up to 260 km/hour, made landfall on southern Bangladesh, causing over 3,500 deaths and severe damage.
Cyclonic Storm Sitrang [a] ( Thai pronunciation: [s̠ɪt̪ɾɑŋ]) was a weak tropical cyclone that affected India and Bangladesh in late October 2022. It was the first cyclone to make landfall in Bangladesh since Cyclone Mora in 2017. Formed on 22 October offshore Andaman and Nicobar Islands, it gradually intensified and peaked as a high-end ...
Cyclone Hamoon. Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Hamoon [a] ( / hɑːˈmun /) was a relatively strong tropical cyclone that made landfall in Bangladesh. The fourth named storm of the 2023 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Hamoon formed from a low-pressure area over the west-central Bay of Bengal on 21 October. It suddenly strengthened, peaking with ...
The 1991 Bangladesh cyclone was among the deadliest tropical cyclones on record. [1] Forming out of a large area of convection over the Bay of Bengal on April 24, the tropical cyclone initially developed gradually while meandering over the southern Bay of Bengal. On April 28, the storm began to accelerate northeastwards under the influence of ...
Cyclone Remal. Remal before landfall on the afternoon of 26 May. Severe Cyclonic Storm Remal [a] was a moderately strong but extremely devastating and deadly tropical cyclone that affected West Bengal and Bangladesh, also became the costliest known tropical cyclone of Bangladesh in May 2024. [3] It was the first depression and the first ...
1970 Bhola cyclone. The 1970 Bhola cyclone (also known as the Great Cyclone of 1970 [1]) was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) and India's West Bengal on November 12, 1970. [2] It remains the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded and one of the world's deadliest humanitarian disasters.
Somali civil war. 2024 Lido Beach attack. Thirty-eight people are killed and 212 others are injured in a mass shooting and suicide bombing by Al-Shabaab militants near the Beach View Hotel on Lido Beach in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Hiiraan Online) (Reuters) Iran–Israel proxy conflict, Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh.
Cyclone Sidr. Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Sidr [a] was a tropical cyclone that resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in Bangladesh. The fourth named and the deadliest storm of the 2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Sidr formed in the central Bay of Bengal, and quickly strengthened to reach peak 1-minute sustained winds of 260 ...