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1741 Oshima Oshima vs 1876 Great Backerganj Cyclone

1741 Oshima Oshima
1876 Great Backerganj Cyclone
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1741 Oshima Oshima

Total costsN/A
Deaths 2033

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The devastating eruption of Oshima–Ōshima began on the 18th of August, 1741 and ended on May 1 the next year. Eleven days into the eruption, the Kampo tsunami (Japanese: 寛保津波, Hepburn: Kampo tsunami) with estimated maximum heights of over 90 meters swept across neighboring islands in Japan and the Korean Peninsula.

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1876 Great Backerganj Cyclone

Total costsN/A
Deaths 200000

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The Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876 (29 October – 1 November 1876) was one of the deadliest tropical cyclones in history. It hit the coast of Backerganj (near Meghna estuary) in present-day Barisal, Bangladesh, killing about 200,000 people, half of whom were drowned by the storm surge, while the rest died from the subsequent famine.

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