Portal:Tropical cyclones/Anniversaries/November/12

November 12

• 1970 - The 1970 Bhola cyclone (pictured) made landfall on the densely populated Ganges Delta in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) killing up to 500,000 people and becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history.
• 2002 - The 2002 West Bengal cyclone made landfall over in West Bengal, killing 173 people in total.