Washington Post: ‘If this death toll estimate (of up to 10,000 dead) holds up, it wouldn’t even put Haiyan in the top 35 deadliest tropical cyclones on record’ 

 

 

 The deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history is largely considered to be the Bhola Cyclone that struck Bangladesh on November 12, 1970, claiming between 300,000 and 500,000 lives. Six of the top ten deadliest tropical cyclones have occurred in Bangladesh, and the vast majority of the top 35 have occurred in the countries that lie along the Bay of Bengal (Indian Ocean).

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/11/11/inside-the-staggering-death-toll-from-haiyan-and-other-southeast-asia-typhoons/?hpid=z1#cop19