Saturday Series: Episode 6 – The 1970 Bhola Cyclone. On November 12, 1970, the Bhola Cyclone struck East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. Storm surges swallowed coastal islands and farmland overnight. As many as half a million people were killed in the deadliest cyclone on record. #SaturdaySeries #DisasterEdition #Cyclone #Bhola #1970 #Bangladesh | Above The Norm News

#VantageOnFirstpost: On this day in 1970, Cyclone Bhola struck eastern India and present-day Bangladesh, killing nearly half a million people. | #FPRewind | Firstpost

🗓️ TODAY IN HISTORY On November 12, 1970, Cyclone Bhola struck the coast of what was then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, with an unprecedented fury, making it the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history. Packing winds of over 185 km/h (115 mph) and a storm surge reaching nearly 10 meters, it obliterated villages across the Ganges Delta, drowning entire communities and destroying crops and livestock. Radio Pakistan reported that there were no survivors on the thirteen islands near Chittag