List of Asian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

Parent article: List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

These are some notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred in Asia.

Event	Date	Area	Tornadoes	Casualties	Sources	Notes
Calcutta, India Tornado	8 April 1838	Calcutta, India	-	215 fatalities	[citation needed]
Miyazaki, Japan Tornado	26 September 1881	Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan	≥1	16 fatalities	Journal of Climate (PDF)	Deadliest Japanese tornado; destroyed Miyaski Elementary School
Yodobashi Town, Japan Tornado	23 September 1903	Yodobashi Town, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan	≥1	10 fatalities, 14 injuries	Journal of Climate (PDF)	Struck an elementary school in Toyotoma County
Moscow, Russia Tornadoes	29 June 1904	Moscow, Russia	≥2	≥30 fatalities
Toyohashi City, Japan Tornado	28 November 1941	Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan	≥1	12 fatalities, 177 injuries	Journal of Climate (PDF)	347 houses completely destroyed or heavily damaged
Serangoon, Singapore Tornado	2 November 1950	Singapore	-	7 injuries	[citation needed]
Tomiye City, Japan Tornado	10 November 1957	Tomiye City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan	≥1	6 fatalities, 8 injuries	Journal of Climate (PDF)
Azuma village, Japan Tornado	2 July 1962	Aruma village, Chiba Prefecture, Japan	≥1	2 fatalities	[citation needed]
Hamamatsu, Japan Tornado	26 August 1962	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture. Japan	≥1	0 fatalities	[citation needed]	168 houses severely damaged
Assam, India Tornado	19 April 1963	Assam, India	-	139 fatalities	The Tornado Project
Magura-Narail Districts, Bangladesh Tornado	11 April 1964	Khulna Division, Bangladesh	-	>500 fatalities	Bangladesh and East India Tornado Prediction Site
Tokyo, Japan Tornado	24 May 1964	Southwestern Tokyo, Japan	-	-	[citation needed]	480 houses damaged
Ooami-Shirasato town, Japan Tornado	28 October 1967	Ooami-Shirasato town, Chiba Prefecture, Japan	≥1	2 fatalities	[citation needed]
Macabebe - Masantol, Philippines Tornado	13 June 1968	Philippines	-	12 fatalities	[citation needed]
Bangladesh Tornadoes of April 1969	14 April 1969	Bangladesh	≥2	923 fatalities	Bangladesh and East India Tornado Prediction Site
Sashima town, Japan Tornado	23 August 1969	Sashima town, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan	≥1	2 fatalities, 107 injuries	[citation needed]
Dhaka District, Bangladesh Tornado	17 April 1973	Dhaka Division, Bangladesh	-	681 fatalities	Bangladesh and East India Tornado Prediction Site
Madaripur-Shibchar, Bangladesh Tornado	1 April 1977	Dhaka Division, Bangladesh	-	500 fatalities	Bangladesh and East India Tornado Prediction Site
Japan tornado	28 February 1978	Japan	≥1	0 fatalities	[citation needed]	Longest path length Japanese tornado at 41.2 km (25.6 mi)
New Delhi, India Tornado of March 1978	17 March 1978	National Capital Region, India	-	28 fatalities, 700 injuries	[citation needed]
Orissa, India Tornado	10 April 1978	Orissa, India	-	150 fatalities	The Tornado Project
Ivanova - Yaroslav, Russia Tornado Outbreak	9 June 1984	Western Russia	-	>400 fatalities	[citation needed]
Hachirohgata village, Japan Tornado	11 January 1987	Hachirohgata village, Akita Prefecture, Japan	≥1	0 fatalities	[citation needed]	Longest duration Japanese tornado at 41 minutes
Daultipur-Salturia, Bangladesh Tornado	26 April 1989	Barisal Division, Bangladesh	-	>1300 fatalities	Bangladesh and East India Tornado Prediction Site	1.5 mile wide, F5,[citation needed], deadliest tornado in world history
Myanmar / Burma Tornado	15 May 1990	Myanmar / Burma	-	1 fatality, 28 injuries	[citation needed]	Passenger train derailed
Southern Philippines Tornado	14 June 1990	Southern Philippines	-	30 fatalities	[citation needed]
Mobara, Japan Tornado	11 December 1990	Mobara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan	-	≈78 injuries	[citation needed]	Violent tornado damaged 1000 homes, 82 completely destroyed
West Bengal, India Tornado	9 April 1993	West Bengal, India	-	145 fatalities	The Tornado Project
Southern Philippines Tornado	2 July 1994	Southern Philippines	-	2-13 fatalities	[citation needed]
San Fernando, Philippines Tornado	16 October 1994	Philippines	-	3 fatalities	[citation needed]
Southern Philippines Tornado	29 November 1994	Southern Philippines	-	14 fatalities	[citation needed]
Guizhou Province, China Tornado	19 April 1995	Guizhou Province, China	-	≈37 fatalities	[citation needed]
Jamalpur-Tangail Districts, Bangladesh Tornado	13 May 1996	Dhaka Division, Bangladesh	-	>700 fatalities	Bangladesh and East India Tornado Prediction Site
Central Vietnam Tornado	23 September 1997	Central Vietnam	-	4 fatalities	[citation needed]
West Bengal - Orissa, India Tornado	24 March 1998	West Bengal - Orissa, India	-	160 fatalities, 2000 injuries	The Tornado Project
Toyohashi City, Japan Tornadoes	24 September 1999	Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan	4	-	[citation needed]	One reached F3 intensity
Tien Giang, Vietnam Tornadoes	23 August 2000	Tien Giang, Vietnam	2	1 fatality, 77 injuries	The Tornado Project
Savar and Gazipur Districts, Bangladesh tornado	19 September 2000	Dhaka Division, Bangladesh	2	2 fatalities, 5 injuries	The Tornado Project
Bhalwal, Pakistan Tornado	28 March 2001	Bhalwal, Pakistan	-	3 fatalities	[citation needed]
Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan Tornado	18 September 2006	Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture (Kyūshū), Japan	-	3 fatalities, 100 injuries	[citation needed]	2nd deadliest tornado in recent Japanese history
Saroma, Hokkaidō, Japan Tornado	7 November 2006	Saroma, Hokkaidō, Japan	-	9 fatalities, 26 injuries	[citation needed]	Deadliest tornado in recent Japanese history
Trieu Son district, Vietnam Tornado	13 June 2007	Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam	-	2 fatalities	Thestar.com	Nearly 500 houses damaged
South China Tornado	8 June 2008	Guangdong province, People's Republic of China	-		Life of GuangzhouShanghai Daily
Los Bańos, Laguna Tornado	14 August 2008	Los Bańos, Laguna, Philippines	-	20 injured	Inquirer.net
South India Tornado	31 March 2009	Orissa, India	-	20+ deaths, 150 injuries	Telegraph	300 homes, 11 villages destroyed.
Nicosia Tornado	19 September 2009	Nicosia, Cyprus	-	17+ injuries	[1]	10 homes with serious damage
UP Diliman, Quezon City Tornado	4 June 2009	Quezon City, Philippines	1	no reported deaths or injuries	Inquirer.net	12 shanties demolished
Sariaya, Quezon Tornado	14 June 2009	Sariaya, Quezon Province, Philippines	1	at least 1 injury	Inquirer.net	7 houses and a school were damaged.
Perez, Quezon Tornado	23 June 2009	Perez, Quezon Province, Philippines	1	at least 4 dead	Inquirer.net
Can-avid, Eastern Samar Tornado	23 June 2009	Can-avid, Eastern Samar, Philippines	1		Inquirer.net	26 houses were damaged.
Oton, Iloilo Tornado	10 August 2009	Oton, Iloilo, Philippines	1	20 elementary school students were injured	Inquirer.net	26 houses were damaged.

See also

• List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
• List of European tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
• Tornado records

References

• Fujita, Tetsuya Theodore (1992). Memoirs of an Effort to Unlock the Mysteries of Severe Storms: During the 50 years, 1942-1992. WRL Research Paper Number 239. Chicago: University Chicago. 
• Grazulis, Thomas P. (1993). Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991, A Chronology and Analysis of Events. St. Johnsbury, VT: The Tornado Project of Environmental Films. ISBN 1879362031. 
• Grazulis, Thomas P. (2001). The Tornado: Nature's Ultimate Windstorm. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0806132582. 
• Niino, Hiroshi; T. Fujitani, N. Watanabe (Jul 1997). "A Statistical Study of Tornadoes and Waterspouts in Japan from 1961 to 1993". J. Climate 10 (7): 1730-52. doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1730:ASSOTA>2.0.CO;2. http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0442%281997%29010%3C1730%3AASSOTA%3E2.0.CO%3B2. 

External links

• Asia listing by the Tornado Project
• Middle East listing by The Tornado Project
• Tornadoes of Bangladesh and eastern India by Jonathon D. Finch, M.S. (with additional global tornado information)
• Tornadoes of Asia