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1900 Galveston hurricane
The 1900 Galveston hurricane, known as the Great Galveston Hurricane, struck Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900, killing about 8,000 people, the deadliest natural disaster in United States history.
1928 Okeechobee hurricane
The 1928 Okeechobee hurricane, or San Felipe Segundo hurricane, hit Puerto Rico as a Category 5 and flooded Lake Okeechobee in 1928, killing at least 2,500 people.
1935 Labor Day hurricane
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was a Category 5 hurricane that struck the Florida Keys on September 2, 1935, killing roughly 400 to 600 people.
1938 New England hurricane
The 1938 New England hurricane, also known as the Long Island Express, was a Category 3 hurricane that struck Long Island and southern New England on September 21, 1938.
1970 Bhola cyclone
The 1970 Bhola cyclone, also called the Great Bhola Cyclone, struck East Pakistan on 12 November 1970, killing about 300,000 people, the deadliest tropical cyclone on record.
1989 Hurricane Hunters NOAA 42 incident
The 1989 Hurricane Hunters NOAA 42 incident, or NOAA Flight 42, was a 1989 engine fire aboard a NOAA aircraft inside Hurricane Hugo's eyewall; all 16 aboard survived.
1999 Odisha cyclone
The 1999 Odisha cyclone, known as the Orissa super cyclone, was a super cyclonic storm that struck near Paradip, India, on 29 October 1999, killing nearly 10,000 people.
Cyclone Aila
Cyclone Aila was a severe cyclonic storm that struck the West Bengal coast of India and south-western Bangladesh in May 2009, killing about 300 people and affecting millions.
Cyclone Alfred
Severe Tropical Cyclone Alfred was a 2025 Coral Sea cyclone that struck southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales, causing about $1.36 billion in damage and one death.
Cyclone Amphan
Cyclone Amphan (Thai: อัมพาน) was a powerful tropical cyclone that hit West Bengal, India, and Bangladesh in May 2020, causing about $14 billion in losses.
Cyclone Chido
Cyclone Chido was an intense tropical cyclone of the 2024–2025 season that struck Mayotte on 14 December 2024 with gusts over 220 km/h, then hit Mozambique.
Cyclone Ditwah
Cyclone Ditwah, officially Cyclonic Storm Ditwah, was a tropical cyclone that struck Sri Lanka in late November 2025, causing the country's deadliest cyclone disaster since 2004.
Cyclone Eloise
Tropical Cyclone Eloise was a tropical cyclone of the 2020–21 South-West Indian Ocean season that struck near Beira, Mozambique, in January 2021, killing at least 15 people.
Cyclone Fani
Cyclone Fani was an extremely severe cyclonic storm that struck Puri, Odisha, on 3 May 2019, prompting the evacuation of over 1.4 million people in Odisha.
Cyclone Freddy
Cyclone Freddy was a long-lived tropical cyclone of the 2022–23 South Indian Ocean season that struck Madagascar, Mozambique, and Malawi and set the world duration record.
Cyclone Gabrielle
Cyclone Gabrielle was a severe tropical cyclone that struck New Zealand's North Island in February 2023, killing 11 people and becoming the country's costliest non-earthquake disaster.
Cyclone Gafilo
Cyclone Gafilo was an intense tropical cyclone that struck Madagascar twice in March 2004, at the time the most intense cyclone observed in the south-west Indian Ocean.
Cyclone Gezani
Cyclone Gezani was an intense tropical cyclone of the 2025-26 Southwest Indian Ocean season that struck Toamasina, Madagascar, in February 2026, killing 62 people, then re-intensified near Mozambique.
Cyclone Gita
Cyclone Gita was a severe tropical cyclone of the 2017–18 South Pacific season that hit Tonga, Fiji, American Samoa, and New Zealand in February 2018.
Cyclone Heta
Cyclone Heta was a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone of the 2003–04 South Pacific season that struck Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, and Niue in early January 2004.
Cyclone Hudhud
Cyclone Hudhud was an extremely severe cyclonic storm that formed over the Bay of Bengal in October 2014 and made landfall near Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, with winds of about 185 km/h.
Cyclone Idai
Cyclone Idai, also known as Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai, struck Beira, Mozambique, in March 2019, killing more than 1,300 people across Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe.
Cyclone Jasper
Severe Tropical Cyclone Jasper was a category 5 cyclone that struck far north Queensland near Wujal Wujal on 13 December 2023, causing record rainfall and flooding.
Cyclone Kenneth
Cyclone Kenneth was an intense tropical cyclone that struck the Comoros and northern Mozambique in April 2019, with 220 km/h winds, the strongest on record to landfall in Mozambique.
Cyclone Maila
Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila was a Category 5 cyclone in the Solomon Sea in April 2026, killing at least 11 people in Papua New Guinea.
Cyclone Montha
Cyclone Montha, or Severe Cyclonic Storm Montha, was a tropical cyclone that crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast of India in October 2025, causing nine deaths.
Cyclone Narelle (2026)
Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle was a long-lived category 5 tropical cyclone that in March 2026 crossed the Queensland, Northern Territory, and Western Australia coasts at severe intensity.
Cyclone Nargis
Cyclone Nargis, also known as Hurricane Nargis, was a tropical cyclone that struck Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on 2 May 2008, killing at least 84,537 people.
Cyclone Pam
Cyclone Pam was an extremely destructive Category 5 tropical cyclone that struck Vanuatu on 12–14 March 2015 with sustained winds of 250 km/h, causing the worst natural disaster in the country's recorded history.
Cyclone Remal
Remal was the first severe cyclonic storm of the 2024 Bay of Bengal season, making landfall in May across Bangladesh and West Bengal, killing 22 people.