Tropical Storm One was an extremely deadly cyclone which developed in the central
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line betwee ...
on May 22, strengthened to a peak of 70 mph winds before hitting
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
on the 25th. The storm brought torrential rains and flooding, killing around 11,069 people
and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.
Meteorological history
On May 22, a depression formed in the
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line betwee ...
, it rapidly intensified to a tropical storm on May 24, it made
landfall
Landfall is the event of a storm moving over land after being over water. More broadly, and in relation to human travel, it refers to 'the first land that is reached or seen at the end of a journey across the sea or through the air, or the fact ...
and dissipated on May 25.
Impact and aftermath
As tropical storm one made landfall in Bangladesh, it brought winds of 70 mph and a storm surge up to 3 meters high and heavy torrential rains and flooding, killing around 11,069 people. Every single people in the char of Urichar, which back then was approximately 500 people, is thought to be swept into the
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line betwee ...
. A pilot who flew over the char said it was swept by waves, like it was inside the fireball on an
atomic bomb. A total of 1.3 million people was affected. Approximately 137,000 homes were damaged, 102,000 of them were destroyed, 133,00 acres of crops damaged, and 120,000 cattle were killed.
International assistance
After the cyclone passed, other nations began helping.
UNDRO: Emergency grant $30,000
UNDP: Emergency grant $30,000
Ireland: For emergency relief $15,088.24, for rehabalation $30,176.49, Total $45,263.45
USA: Cash $25,000
Red cross (FED.REP. Germany: cash $96,774
Shipbuilding Foundation Ryokhi Ssawaka (Japan): cash $40,000
See also
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1985 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 1985 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was part of the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each yea ...
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1991 Bangladesh cyclone (1991) – A extremely powerful and extremely deadly cyclone that made landfall on Bangladesh on April 29, 1991, with a peak of 160 mph on the coast of Chittagong.
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1988 Bangladesh cyclone
The 1988 Bangladesh cyclone (designated as Tropical Cyclone 04B by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center) was one of the worst tropical cyclones in Bangladesh history. Striking in November 1988, the tropical system exacerbated the catastrophic ...
(1988) – A powerful and extremely deadly cyclone that made landfall on the coast of Khulna Division with a peak of 130 mph.
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Cyclone Sidr
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Sidr was a tropical cyclone that resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in Bangladesh. The fourth named storm of the 2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Sidr formed in the central Bay of Bengal, and q ...
(2007) – A extremely powerful and extremely deadly cyclone that made landfall near Mongla with a peak of 160 mph.
References
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Tropical cyclones in Bangladesh