Javascript must be enabled to use all features of this site and to avoid misfunctions
1901 Eastern United States heat wave vs. 1789 Great...
HOME
Select category:
Disasters
Select category
NEW

Advertising

Cancel

Search in
Close

1901 Eastern United States heat wave vs 1789 Great Coringa Cyclone

1901 Eastern United States heat wave
1789 Great Coringa Cyclone
Change

1901 Eastern United States heat wave

Total costsN/A
Deaths 9500

Informations

The 1901 eastern United States heat wave was the most severe and deadly heat wave in the United States prior to the 1930s Dust Bowl. Although the heat wave did not set many still-standing daily temperature records, it was exceptionally prolonged – covering without interruption the second half of June and all of July – and centered upon more highly populated areas than later American heat waves. The heat wave accompanied a major drought in the Ohio Valley and Upper Midwest, with Illinois recording what remains its driest calendar year since records have been kept, and Missouri receiving only 0.21 inches (5.3 mm) above its driest calendar year of 1953.

Source: Wikipedia
Change

1789 Great Coringa Cyclone

Total costsN/A
Deaths 20000

Informations

The years before 1890 featured the pre-1890 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons. Each season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The North Indian tropical cyclone season has no bounds, but they tend to form between April and December, peaks in May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. Below are the most significant cyclones in the time period. Because much of the North Indian coastline is near sea level and prone to flooding, these cyclones can easily kill many with storm surge and flooding. These cyclones are among the deadliest on earth in terms of numbers killed.

Source: Wikipedia

More intresting stuff