Weepy Bill McKibben: You know which storm allegedly ‘broke every record in the books’? Sandy
Deadliest World Tropical Cyclones: 1. Great Bhola Cyclone, Bangladesh 1970 Bay of Bengal 500,000 [deaths] 2. Hooghly River Cyclone, India and Bangladesh 1737 Bay of Bengal 300,000 3. Haiphong Typhoon, Vietnam 1881 West Pacific 300,000 3. Coringa, India 1839 Bay of Bengal 300,000 5. Backerganj Cyclone, Bangladesh 1584 Bay of Bengal 200,000'