List of the deadliest tropical cyclones

This is a list of the deadliest tropical cyclones, including all known storms that caused at least 1,000 direct deaths. There were at least 76 tropical cyclones in the 20th century with a death toll of 1,000 or more, including the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history. In November 1970, the Bhola cyclone struck what is now Bangladesh and killed at least 300,000 people. There have been 16 tropical cyclones in the 21st century so far with a death toll of at least 1,000, of which the deadliest was Cyclone Nargis, with at least 138,374 deaths when it struck Myanmar. In recent years, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane was Hurricane Mitch of 1998, with at least 11,374 deaths attributed to it, while the deadliest Atlantic hurricane overall was the Great Hurricane of 1780, which resulted in at least 22,000 to 30,000 fatalities. The most recent tropical cyclone with at least 1,000 fatalities was Cyclone Senyar in 2025, which killed at least 1,501 people.

19th century and earlier Name Dates active BasinAreas affectedDeathsRefs Unnamed Western Pacific China Unnamed Western Pacific China Unnamed North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Unnamed North Atlantic Veracruz, Mexico Unnamed North Atlantic Nicaragua Unnamed Western Pacific Philippines Unnamed North Atlantic Straits of Florida 1,090 Unnamed North Atlantic Cuba, Florida 1,500 Unnamed North Atlantic Martinique and Guadeloupe 2,000 Unnamed North Indian Ocean India 14,000 Unnamed North Atlantic Florida, Newfoundland 1,000+ Unnamed North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Unnamed North Atlantic Bahamas, Florida Treasure Coast 1,000–2,500 "Calcutta" North Indian Ocean India, Bangladesh 300,000 Unnamed North Indian Ocean India 1,100 Unnamed North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Unnamed North Atlantic Martinique 1,600 Unnamed North Atlantic Cuba 43–1,000 "Newfoundland" North Atlantic North Carolina, Virginia, and Newfoundland 4,000 – 4,163 "Pointe-à-Pitre Bay" North Atlantic Lesser Antilles and Louisiana 6,000+ Unnamed North Indian Ocean India 20,000 "San Antonio" North Atlantic St. Lucia, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic 4,000–5,000 aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/data_sub/perez_1_10.pdf Unnamed Western Pacific China "Savanna-la-Mar" North Atlantic Jamaica, Cuba, and Bahamas 1,115 "Great Hurricane" North Atlantic Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and Bermuda 22,000–27,501 "Solano's" North Atlantic Gulf of Mexico 2,000 Unnamed North Atlantic Offshore Florida 2,000+ "Central Atlantic" North Atlantic destroyed Admiral Thomas Graves fleet 3,000+ Unnamed North Indian Ocean India 20,000 Unnamed North Indian Ocean India 20,000 "Great Cuba" North Atlantic Cuba 3,000 "Martinique and Dominica" North Atlantic Lesser Antilles 3,000+ Unnamed North Indian Ocean Bangladesh "Santa Ana" North Atlantic Lesser Antilles (especially Guadeloupe), Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bermuda 1,300+ "Caribbean-Louisiana" North Atlantic Barbados, St. Vincent, Haiti, Cuba Louisiana 2,500 Unnamed North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Unnamed North Indian Ocean India 50,000 Unnamed North Indian Ocean India 20,000 Unnamed North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Unnamed North Indian Ocean India 50,000 Unnamed Western Pacific China Unnamed North Indian Ocean India 50,000 Unnamed North Indian Ocean India 40,000 "Angela" Western Pacific Philippines "Matanzas" North Atlantic Cuba, Florida, Bahamas "Hong Kong" Western Pacific China "Backerganj" North Indian Ocean Bangladesh "Haiphong" Western Pacific Philippines, Vietnam Unnamed North Indian Ocean India 5,300 "Mauritius" South-West Indian Ocean Mauritius "Sea Islands" North Atlantic Georgia, South Carolina "Cheniere Caminada" North Atlantic Yucatán Peninsula, Louisiana, Mississippi Unnamed Western Pacific Philippines, China Unnamed North Indian Ocean India 5,000 Unnamed North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Unnamed Western Pacific Philippines "San Ciriaco" North Atlantic Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Eastern United States "Galveston" North Atlantic The Caribbean, Texas Unnamed Western Pacific Philippines, Vietnam

20th century Name Dates active BasinAreas affectedDeathsRefs "Hong Kong" Western Pacific China "Monterrey" North Atlantic Greater Antilles, Mexico Unnamed North Indian Ocean Bangladesh "China" Western Pacific China Unnamed Western Pacific Japan Unnamed North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Unnamed Western Pacific Japan Unnamed North Indian Ocean Bangladesh "Shantou" ("Swatow") Western Pacific China Unnamed Western Pacific Japan Unnamed North Indian Ocean India 5,000 Unnamed Western Pacific China Unnamed Western Pacific China Unnamed Western Pacific China "Okeechobee" North Atlantic Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Florida "San Zenon" North Atlantic Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola "Shanghai" Western Pacific China "British Honduras" North Atlantic British Honduras "Cuba" North Atlantic Netherlands Antilles, Cuba, Bahamas "Central America" North Atlantic Central America, Eastern United States "Muroto" Western Pacific Japan "Jérémie" North Atlantic Greater Antilles, Central America Unnamed Western Pacific South Korea "Hong Kong" Western Pacific China Unnamed North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Unnamed North Indian Ocean India Ida Western Pacific Japan Kathleen Western Pacific Japan Unnamed North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Trix Western Pacific Philippines, Vietnam Marie Western Pacific Japan Janet North Atlantic Barbados, Windward Islands, British Honduras, Yucatán Peninsula, Mainland Mexico Wanda Western Pacific Taiwan, China Ida Western Pacific Japan Unnamed North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Sarah Western Pacific Japan, South Korea Vera Western Pacific Japan "Mexico" Eastern Pacific Southwest Mexico Mary Western Pacific China Nine North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Ten North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Three North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Five North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Harriet Western Pacific and North Indian Ocean Bangladesh, Thailand Three North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Flora North Atlantic The Caribbean, Florida "Rameswaram" North Indian Ocean Sri Lanka, India One North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Two North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Thirteen North Indian Ocean Pakistan Inez North Atlantic Lesser Antilles, Haiti, Cuba, Bahamas, Florida Keys, Yucatán, Mexico "Burma" North Indian Ocean Myanmar "Bhola" North Indian Ocean Bangladesh, India Scott Carney; Jason Miklian (2022). The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation. Ecco. ISBN 978-0062985415. "Odisha" North Indian Ocean Bangladesh, India "Flores" Australian Indonesia Fifi North Atlantic Jamaica, Central America, Mexico Nina Western Pacific China Liza Eastern Pacific Mexico, Southwestern United States "Andhra Pradesh" North Indian Ocean India (especially Andhra Pradesh) "Sri Lanka" North Indian Ocean Sri Lanka, India David North Atlantic The Caribbean, Eastern United States Paul Eastern Pacific Central America, Mexico Ike Western Pacific Philippines, China Agnes Western Pacific Philippines, Vietnam "Bangladesh" North Indian Ocean Bangladesh "Bangladesh" North Indian Ocean Bangladesh, India "Bangladesh" North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Thelma Western Pacific Philippines Fred Western Pacific Japan, Taiwan, China Gordon North Atlantic Central America, Greater Antilles, Florida "Andhra Pradesh" North Indian Ocean India Linda Western Pacific and North Indian Ocean Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand "Gujarat" North Indian Ocean India Mitch North Atlantic Central America, Yucatán Peninsula, South Florida "Pakistan" North Indian Ocean Pakistan "Odisha" North Indian Ocean Bangladesh, India (especially Odisha), Myanmar

21st century Name Dates active BasinAreas affectedDeathsRefs Jeanne North Atlantic The Caribbean, Eastern United States Winnie Western Pacific Philippines Katrina North Atlantic Bahamas, United States Gulf Coast Stan North Atlantic Mexico, Central America Durian Western Pacific Philippines, Vietnam Sidr North Indian Ocean Bangladesh Nargis North Indian Ocean Myanmar Fengshen Western Pacific Philippines, China Washi Western Pacific Philippines Bopha Western Pacific Philippines Haiyan Western Pacific Philippines Maria North Atlantic Lesser Antilles (particularly Dominica), Puerto Rico Idai South-West Indian Ocean Mozambique, Malawi, Madagascar, Zimbabwe Freddy South-West Indian Ocean Mozambique, Malawi, Madagascar, Zimbabwe Daniel Mediterranean Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Israel Senyar North Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia

List of the deadliest tropical cyclones

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