Year

Name (type)

Dead

Nation/area

Cost/speed/damages

1780

The “Great” hurricane

22,000

N Atlantic/Lesser Antilles

Not known

1900

“Galveston” (hurricane)

6000

12,000

Texas

1961

“Nancy” (typhoon)

-

-

346 km/hour

1970

“Bhola” (tropical cyclone)

300,000

Bangladesh

1975

“Nina” (typhoon)

100,000

China

62 dams fell

1979

“Tip” (typhoon storm)

-

Pacific

310 km/hour

1982

Tropical depression  “Paul” hurricane eventually

1000

Central America

1991

“Thelma” (tropical storm)

thousands

Philippines

1992

“Iniki” (hurricane)

6

Hawaii

$3b damages

1993-4

“Rewa” (cyclone)

-

S Pacific; Australia

1994

“John” (hurricane)

-

North Hem.

31 days

1996

“Olivia” (tropical cyclone)

-

Queensland

408 km/hour

1997

“Paka” (typhoon)

-

Guam

378 km/hour

2004

“Gafilo” (cyclone)

74

Madagascar

2005

“Katrina” (hurricane) (tropical cyclone)

1836

USA (Louisiana; Mississippi)

$125b of which $81.2b in properties; $100b damages

“Sandy” (tropical cyclone/hurricane)

-

USA

“Mitch” (hurricane)

>10,000

Central America

“Pauline” (hurricane)

-

Mexico

“Kenna” (hurricane)

-

Mexico

2008

“Marco” (tropical storm)

-

Veracruz

2012

“Maria” (hurricane)

-

USA

Total ~$92b; damages $~69b

2013

“Haiyan”

6300

East. Visayas (Philippines)

2015

“Patricia” (hurricane)

-

Western Hem.

346 km/hour

2017

“Harvey” (hurricane)

90

Texas, USA

$125b

Total 24

1780-2017

>453,306

$345b

2020/Sept.18-20

“Janus” (cyclone)

4

Greece: Karditsa; Trikala; Pertouli; Cephalonia; Ithaca; Karpenisi; Lamia

Winds 130 klm/hour; Pilio 417 mil. rain/day in 2009; 317 tons of water per acre fell in 2 days (2020); ?/2 m damages; 5000 houses fell or damaged & 2500 shops

2020/Sept.-Oct.

Alex

9

France Nice-Italy

Rain fell in 4 hours instead of 6 months

2020/Nov.

Goni

Philippines

1 m evacuated; winds of 225 km/h.