Editing Bay of Bengal (section)

=== Tropical storms and cyclones ===
{{main|Tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal}}
[[File:Sidr 2007-11-14 0445Z.jpg|thumb|right|[[Cyclone Sidr]] at its peak near Bangladesh]]
A tropical storm with rotating winds blowing at speeds of {{convert|119|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} is called a [[cyclone]] when they originate over the Bay of Bengal, and called a [[hurricane]] in the Atlantic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/04/forcesofnature/resources/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402110639/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/04/forcesofnature/resources/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2009 |title=Forces of Nature—Natural Disaster Fast Facts |website=National Geographic |access-date=30 August 2016}}</ref> Between 100,000 and 500,000 residents of Bangladesh were killed because of the [[1970 Bhola cyclone]].
* 2023: [[Cyclone Mocha|Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Mocha]]
* 2021: [[Cyclone Yaas|Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Yaas]]
* 2020: [[Cyclone Nivar|Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nivar]]
* 2020: [[Cyclone Amphan|Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan]]
* 2019: [[Cyclone Bulbul|Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Bulbul]]
* 2019: [[Cyclone Fani|Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani]]
* 2018: [[Cyclone Gaja|Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Gaja]]
* 2018: [[Cyclone Titli]]
* 2017: [[Cyclone Mora|Severe Cyclonic Storm Mora]]
* 2017: [[Cyclone Maarutha]]
* 2016: [[Cyclone Vardah|Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Vardah]]
* 2016: [[2016 North Indian Ocean cyclone season#Cyclone Nada|Cyclone Nada]]
* 2016: [[2016 North Indian Ocean cyclone season#Cyclone Kyant|Cyclone Kyant]]
* 2016: [[Cyclone Roanu]]
* 2015: [[Cyclone Komen]]
* 2014: [[Cyclone Hudhud|Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Hudhud]]
* 2013: [[Cyclone Phailin|Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Phailin]]
* 2013: [[Cyclone Viyaru]]
* 2012: [[Cyclone Nilam]]
* 2011: [[Cyclone Thane|Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Thane]]
* 2010: [[Cyclone Giri|Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Giri]]
* 2009: [[Cyclone Aila|Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Aila]]
* 2008: [[Cyclone Nargis|Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis]]
* 2007: [[Cyclone Sidr|Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Sidr]]
* 2006: [[Cyclone Mala|Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Mala]]
* 1999: [[1999 Odisha cyclone|Odisha Super Cyclonic Storm 05B]]
* 1996: Konaseema Cyclone
* 1991: [[1991 Bangladesh cyclone|Super Cyclonic Storm 02B]]
* 1989: November [[Typhoon Gay (1989)|Typhoon Gay]]
* 1985: May Tropical Storm One (1B)
* 1982: April Cyclone One (1B)
* 1982: May Tropical Storm Two (2B)
* 1982: October Tropical Storm Three (3B)
* 1981: December Cyclone Three (3B)
* 1980: October Tropical Storm One (1B)
* 1980: December Unknown Storm Four (4B)
* 1980: December Tropical Storm Five (5B)
* 1977: [[1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone|Andhra Pradesh Cyclone]] (6B)
* 1971: [[1971 Odisha cyclone|Odisha cyclone]]
* 1970: [[1970 Bhola cyclone|Bhola cyclone]]
* The [[1864 Calcutta Cyclone]]: caused a storm surge of 40 feet. Barometer 28.025 inches of mercury. 50,000 direct deaths and 30,000 from disease.<ref name="Tannehill">{{cite book |last=Tannehill |first=Ivan Ray |date=1969 |orig-date=First published 1945 |title=Hurricanes: Their Nature and History: Particularly Those of the West Indies and the Southern Coasts of the United States |edition=6th |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=schxAAAAMAAJ&q=bengal&pg=PA38 |publisher=Princeton University Press|pages=38–40|isbn=978-0-8371-2316-5 }}</ref>
* The [[Backergunge cyclone of 1876]]: 10 to 30 or 40 feet storm surge. 100,000 direct deaths and 100,000 indirect from disease.<ref name="Tannehill" />
* The [[Pre-1890 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons|False Point cyclone of 1885]]: 22 feet of storm surge. Barometer 27.135 inches of mercury.<ref name="Tannehill" />