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Disasters with highest death tolls

Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876

Oct, 1876
British Raj (now Bangladesh)

The Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876 (29 October – 1 November 1876) was one of the deadliest cyclones in history. It hit the coast of Backerganj (near Meghna estuary) in present-day Barisal, Bangladesh, killing about 200,000 people, half of whom were drowned by the storm surge, while the rest died from the subsequent famine.


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