Bhola Cyclone

 

 The Bhola Cyclone occurred in 1970 in East Pakistan and India's West Bengal. It was the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded, causing up to 500,000 deaths. The Pakistani government was severely criticized for its delayed handling of relief operations.

2001 Atlantic hurricane season.

In 2001, there were many small cyclones in the hurricane season. The above image shows each small hurricane in the southern Atlantic ocean, and reveals where they traveled and which areas were affected. There were only a few hurricanes that affected the lower United States, but when they did, they did a lot of damage to the people living there.

Real Events become a Motion Picture!

The classic weather film, Twister became a movie in 1996. This movie was based on real or close to real events. In the movie, a team of storm chasers are released into the funnel of a tornado. Another team is also competing with a similar device during a tornado outbreak in the middle of Oklahoma. The film was created to enforce the dangers and awareness of actual events that apparently occurred during the 1960's. Since the movie was released, there have been a few eerie incidents and urban legends of how similar tornado happened across the eastern states and eastern Canada.