The deadliest was the 1970 Cyclone Bhola — cyclone is the name given to any hurricane in the Indian Ocean — that killed between one-third and one-half a million people in Bangladesh.

The Great Bhola cyclone wasn’t particularly strong by historical standards — it may not have even been the strongest gale to strike the Indian Ocean in 1970 — but its fateful timing and ...

It had the full support of the West. Bangladesh, by contrast, was a wreck. The Bhola Cyclone had wiped out 500,000 people and Pakistan’s military followed by slaughtering 3 million more.

As people moved throughout the country, smallpox spread with them. In Episode 7 of "Eradicating Smallpox," Shohrab, a man who was displaced by the 1970 Bhola cyclone, shares his story.

Cyclone Bhola, in 1970, left as many as 500,000 people dead and is the deadliest cyclone on record. Bangladesh has gotten better at dealing with severe weather.

This notorious tropical cyclone is sometimes referred to as the ‘Great Bhola Cyclone’ with an estimated 300,000 (low end) to 500,000 (high end) storm-related fatalities (mostly the result of a ...

But Cyclone Sidr, which struck Bangladesh coasts on November 15 with winds of 255 kph (150 mph) and a 5-metre (yard) surge had washed away almost everything, including rice and other crops in the ...