April 1977 : Tornado In Bangladesh Killed Hundreds Of People

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Tony Heller

Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) – Los Angeles, Calif.
Date:    Apr 3, 1977

At least 328 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured in a tornado which battered wide sections of Bangladesh, authorities said in Dacca. Among the dead were 200 who drowned when a motor launch capsized on the Meghna River near Madarijpur, 80 miles southwest of Dacca.

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2 Responses to April 1977 : Tornado In Bangladesh Killed Hundreds Of People

  1. Andy Weiss says:
    April 17, 2011 at 9:13 pm

    Bangladesh has had some of the deadliest tornadoes. People don’t think of them as Oklahoma, but they get some bad ones. Also high population concentration and poor construction makes them vulnerable to high fatalities.

    Just googled, the world’s deadliest tornado was in Bangladesh during April 1989. Approximately 1,300 fatalites.

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