Portal:Tropical cyclones/Anniversaries/May/18

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May 18

  • 1986 - Cyclone Namu moved through the Solomon Islands, killing at least 111 people.
  • 1997 - A powerful cyclone made landfall over in Bangladesh as a powerful Category 4 cyclone, killing more than 1,150 people.
  • 2020 - Cyclone Amphan (pictured) reached peak intensity as a Category 5 super cyclonic storm, and two days later moved ashore near the border of India and Bangladesh. With an estimated US$13.7 billion in damages, Amphan was the costliest North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone on record.
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