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1941 Lake Palcacocha vs 1876 Great Backerganj Cyclone

1941 Lake Palcacocha
1876 Great Backerganj Cyclone
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1941 Lake Palcacocha

Total costsN/A
Deaths 5000

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Palcacocha (possibly from Quechua pallqa, p'allqa, p'alqa forked, branched, fork, qucha lake) is a glacier lake in the Andes mountain range of South America in northwestern Peru located in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province.

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1876 Great Backerganj Cyclone

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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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