#4
1970 Bhola Cyclone
500,000 dead. The deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded. Helped birth a nation.
On 12 November 1970, the Bhola Cyclone made landfall on the densely populated Ganges Delta of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), generating a storm surge over 20 feet high that swept over low-lying islands and swept away entire communities. The Pakistani government's delayed and inadequate relief response fuelled public outrage that directly contributed to the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 and the creation of an independent Bangladesh.
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