Hurricanes & Cyclones

The great tropical cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones, that drowned coasts and flattened cities across every warm ocean on Earth.

Part of Natural Disasters

90 moments in this segment.

  1. - The Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635. One of the most intense hurricanes to strike New England hit the young Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies.
  2. - The 1737 Calcutta cyclone. A cyclone and storm surge struck the mouth of the Hooghly River near Calcutta, one of history's deadliest.
  3. - The Newfoundland hurricane of 1775. A hurricane killed thousands of fishermen off Newfoundland in 1775, one of the deadliest in Canadian history.
  4. - The Great Hurricane of 1780. The deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record killed over 22,000 across the Caribbean during the American Revolution.
  5. - The Great September Gale of 1815. A powerful hurricane struck New England in 1815, the worst until 1938.
  6. - The 1839 Coringa cyclone. A cyclone and storm surge destroyed the Indian port of Coringa, killing some 300,000 and erasing the town.
  7. - The Great Havana Hurricane of 1846. A hurricane devastated Havana in 1846, one of the most intense to strike Cuba in the 19th century.
  8. - The 1864 Calcutta cyclone. A cyclone drove a huge surge up the Hooghly into Calcutta in 1864, killing tens of thousands.
  9. - The 1876 Great Backerganj cyclone. A cyclone drove a huge surge into the Bengal delta, killing around 200,000.
  10. - The 1938 New England hurricane. The 'Long Island Express' struck New England without warning, killing nearly 700.
  11. - Hurricane Carol. 1954, weeks before Hurricane Edna followed.
  12. - Hurricane Audrey. 's surge struck southwestern Louisiana with little warning in 1957, killing hundreds.
  13. - Typhoon Mireille. 20th century, in 1991.
  14. - Typhoon Vera (Isewan). Japan's deadliest typhoon struck Nagoya with a huge storm surge, killing over 5,000.
  15. - Hurricane Donna. 1960.
  16. - Typhoon Wanda. 's Tolo Harbour in 1962.
  17. - Hurricane Flora. 1963, its rains killing thousands.
  18. - Hurricane Betsy. 'Billion Dollar Betsy' flooded New Orleans in 1965, a grim rehearsal for Katrina forty years later.
  19. - The 1970 Bhola cyclone. A cyclone struck the Ganges Delta of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 300,000-500,000, the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded.
  20. - Hurricane Fifi. 's rains caused catastrophic flooding in Honduras, killing thousands.
  21. - Hurricane Allen. 1980.
  22. - Hurricane Gilbert. One of the most intense Atlantic hurricanes on record, Gilbert devastated Jamaica and the Yucatán.
  23. - Hurricane Hugo. Hugo devastated the Caribbean and the Carolinas, one of the costliest hurricanes of its era.
  24. - Cyclone Gay. The 1991 Bay of Bengal cyclone drove a massive surge into Bangladesh, killing around 138,000.
  25. - Hurricane Andrew. A Category 5 hurricane flattened parts of South Florida, causing $27 billion in damage and rewriting how America builds for storms.
  26. - Hurricane Mitch. Mitch stalled over Central America, dropping catastrophic rain that killed over 11,000 in Honduras and Nicaragua.
  27. - The 1999 Odisha cyclone. The strongest tropical cyclone ever in the North Indian Ocean struck Odisha, India, killing about 10,000.
  28. - Hurricane Jeanne. Jeanne's rains triggered catastrophic floods and mudslides in Haiti, killing over 3,000.
  29. - Hurricane Katrina. Katrina's storm surge broke the levees of New Orleans, drowning 80% of the city and killing over 1,800 in a catastrophe of both nature and failed response.
  30. - Hurricane Katrina makes landfall. Katrina's winds and surge hammered the Mississippi and Louisiana coast before the levees failed.
  31. - Hurricane Rita. Weeks after Katrina, Rita struck the Texas-Louisiana border and triggered a chaotic mass evacuation.
  32. - Hurricane Wilma. The most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded by pressure, Wilma struck the Yucatán and Florida.
  33. - Typhoon Durian (Reming). Typhoon Durian's rains triggered deadly volcanic mudflows off Mayon in the Philippines in 2006.
  34. - Cyclone Gonu. 2007.
  35. - Cyclone Sidr. 2007, killing thousands despite a huge evacuation.
  36. - Cyclone Nargis. 's Irrawaddy Delta, killing an estimated 138,000 as the ruling junta blocked international aid.
  37. - Tropical Storm Fay. 2008.
  38. - Hurricane Ike. 's surge devastated Galveston and the Texas coast in 2008.
  39. - Typhoon Morakot. 2009, burying the village of Xiaolin in a landslide.
  40. - Hurricane Sandy. Superstorm Sandy flooded New York City's subways and streets and battered the U.S. East Coast, a $70 billion warning about coastal cities.
  41. - Typhoon Bopha. 2012.
  42. - Cyclone Phailin. A huge cyclone struck India's east coast, but a mass evacuation of a million people kept deaths low.
  43. - Typhoon Haiyan. One of the strongest storms ever to make landfall, Haiyan devastated the central Philippines with a massive storm surge, killing over 6,000.
  44. - Surviving Typhoon Haiyan. Survivors filmed the storm surge tearing through Tacloban as they clung to rafters, some of the most harrowing disaster video ever.
  45. - Cyclone Pam. One of the worst disasters in Pacific history, Cyclone Pam devastated the island nation of Vanuatu.
  46. - Tropical Storm Erika. 's rains devastated the Caribbean island of Dominica in 2015.
  47. - Cyclone Winston. The strongest cyclone ever to strike Fiji, and the strongest in the Southern Hemisphere on record.
  48. - Typhoon York. 1999 with the longest hurricane-signal in decades.
  49. - Hurricane Matthew. 's Tiburon peninsula in 2016 before striking the U.S. Southeast.
  50. - The 1900 Galveston hurricane. A hurricane struck Galveston, Texas, with a storm surge that killed an estimated 6,000-12,000, still the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
  51. - Typhoon Hato. 2017, killing people trapped in basements and garages.
  52. - Hurricane Harvey. Harvey stalled over Houston and dropped over a metre of rain, causing catastrophic flooding across Texas.
  53. - Hurricane Irma. One of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever, Irma devastated Barbuda and the Caribbean before hitting Florida.
  54. - Hurricane Maria. Maria devastated Puerto Rico, knocking out power for months and causing an estimated 3,000 deaths in the storm and its long aftermath.
  55. - Hurricane Florence. Florence stalled over the Carolinas, dropping record rainfall and causing catastrophic inland flooding.
  56. - Typhoon Mangkhut. Super Typhoon Mangkhut struck the Philippines and then battered Hong Kong and Macau in 2018.
  57. - Hurricane Michael. A Category 5 hurricane obliterated Mexico Beach in the Florida Panhandle.
  58. - The 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. A hurricane pushed Lake Okeechobee over its dike, drowning about 2,500, mostly Black farmworkers in Florida.
  59. - Cyclone Idai. 1,300.
  60. - Cyclone Fani. 2019; a massive evacuation kept the death toll low.
  61. - Hurricane Hazel
  62. - Hurricane Camille. One of only a handful of Category 5 hurricanes to strike the U.S., Camille devastated the Mississippi coast.
  63. - Hurricane Dorian. Dorian stalled over the Bahamas as a Category 5 for over a day, devastating Abaco and Grand Bahama.
  64. - The 1935 Labor Day hurricane. The most intense hurricane ever to hit the U.S. destroyed the Florida Keys, killing hundreds of war veterans.
  65. - Cyclone Amphan. 2020, one of the costliest storms in the region.
  66. - Hurricane Laura. A powerful Category 4 hurricane struck southwestern Louisiana with a devastating surge.
  67. - Typhoon Goni. Super Typhoon Goni, one of the strongest landfalls ever recorded, struck the Philippines in 2020.
  68. - Cyclone Yasa. 2020.
  69. - Hurricane Ida. 's anniversary, then drowned basements as far as New York City.
  70. - Cyclone Batsirai. 2022, weeks after another storm had already flooded the island.
  71. - Hurricane Ian. A powerful Category 4 hurricane devastated southwest Florida with a catastrophic surge, killing over 150.
  72. - Hurricane Gloria. 'storm of the century' hype of 1985, raked the U.S. Northeast.
  73. - Hurricane Nicole. 's coast in 2022.
  74. - Cyclone Freddy. The longest-lived tropical cyclone on record crossed the entire Indian Ocean and devastated Malawi and Mozambique.
  75. - Cyclone Mocha. One of the strongest cyclones on record in the Bay of Bengal battered Myanmar and Bangladesh's Rohingya camps.
  76. - The 1937 Hong Kong typhoon. A typhoon drove a deadly surge into Hong Kong in 1937, killing some 11,000.
  77. - Hurricane Hilary. A rare tropical storm, Hilary, brought flooding rains to Southern California and the desert in 2023.
  78. - Hurricane Otis. Otis explosively intensified into a Category 5 and devastated Acapulco, Mexico, with almost no warning.
  79. - Hurricane Beryl. The earliest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane on record devastated the Windward Islands.
  80. - Cyclones of the smaller islands. Small island nations from the Caribbean to the Pacific are repeatedly devastated by cyclones far beyond their means to recover.
  81. - Typhoon Yagi. 2024's most powerful storm, devastated Vietnam, the Philippines and southern China.
  82. - Hurricane Helene. Helene's rains caused catastrophic flooding far inland in the Appalachians, devastating western North Carolina.
  83. - Hurricane Milton. Milton rapidly intensified and struck Florida weeks after Helene, spawning a deadly tornado outbreak.
  84. - Cyclone Chido. 's worst disaster in decades.
  85. - Cyclone Tracy. 1974, flattening most of its buildings.
  86. - Typhoon Tip. 1979 remains the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded.
  87. - Hurricane Iniki
  88. - Hurricane Floyd
  89. - Hurricane David. 1979.
  90. - The 1932 Cuba hurricane. The deadliest hurricane in Cuban history drove a huge surge into Santa Cruz del Sur in 1932.
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