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The Insane Story Of The Deadliest Storm In Human History

Joe Scott | April 5, 2025



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On November 12, 1970, a cyclone hit the country of Bangladesh (which was known as East Pakistan at the time) that through a combination of bad timing, location, miscommunication, and political malice became the deadliest storm in human history, killing more than half a million people in one day. It became known as the Bhola Cyclone, and it set in motion a series of events that led to a genocide, a revolution, and brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

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LINKS LINKS LINKS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_scales
https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/bangladesh-country-underwater-culture-move
https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/bangladesh.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges_Delta
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1970-008A
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Bhola_cyclone#/media/File:BayofBengalTCNov1219700956UTCITOS1.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Population_density_map_of_British_India_according_to_1911_Census.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India#/media/File:Partition_of_India_1947_en.svg
https://www.wired.com/story/cyclone-pakistan-bangladesh/
http://www.hurricanescience.org/history/storms/1970s/greatbhola/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Bhola_cyclone

TIMESTAMPS –
0:00 – Intro
1:00 – The Deadliest Storm
3:11 – Mohammad Hai
5:27 – ITOS 1 and Neil Frank
6:54 – The New Alert
8:46 – Pakistan’s History
14:57 – Sponsor – Nebula
16:04 – Operation Searchlight
20:33 – Conversations With Joe & Patreon

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