Rank

Name/Areas of Largest Loss

Year

Ocean Area

Deaths

1

Great Bhola Cyclone, Bangladesh

1970

Bay of Bengal

500,000

2

Hooghly River Cyclone, India and Bangladesh

1737

Bay of Bengal

300,000

3

Haiphong Typhoon, Vietnam

1881

West Pacific

300,000

4

Coringa, India

1839

Bay of Bengal

300,000

5

Backerganj Cyclone, Bangladesh

1584

Bay of Bengal

200,000

6

Great Backerganj Cyclone, Bangladesh

1876

Bay of Bengal

200,000

7

Chittagong, Bangladesh

1897

Bay of Bengal

175,000

8

Super Typhoon Nina, China

1975

West Pacific

171,000

9

Cyclone 02B, Bangladesh

1991

Bay of Bengal

140,000

10

Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar

2008

Bay of Bengal

140,000