What are some of the deadliest cyclones to have hit India in the past?

What are some of the deadliest cyclones to have hit India in the past?

Subject :Geography

Section: Physical geography

Context:

• A severe cyclonic storm named Biparjoy is likely to hit India’s western state of Gujarat and southern parts of Pakistan.

List of severe cyclones:

• An ‘extremely severe cyclone’, named Tauktae, hit the western coast of India, packing gusts of up to 210 km per hour.
• Cyclone Fani hit the eastern coast of India and made landfall in the eastern state of Odisha.
• OCTOBER 1999, ODISHA
  • A ‘super cyclonic storm’ crossed the Odisha coast near Paradip with a wind speed of 260 km per hour at the time of landfall, killing 9,885 people and injuring 2,142, according to official estimates.
• June 1998, Gujrat
  • A ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ crossed the Gujarat coast near Porbandar with an intensity of 167 km per hour at the time of landfall, killing 1,173 people.

Some other extremely severe cyclonic storms are: