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Nargis is the deadliest named cyclone in the North Indian Ocean Basin, as well as the second-deadliest named cyclone of all time, behind Typhoon Nina of 1975.
May 2, 2018 · When Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar 10 years ago, 140,000 lives were lost and 800,000 were displaced. The category 4 storm slammed into Myanmar’s low-lying Irrawaddy Delta, an area that...
Cyclone Nargis passed over Burma (Myanmar) after having formed in the Bay of Bengal. At one point, Nargis was a Category 4 cyclone, with sustained winds of 210 kilometers per hour (130 miles per hour).
A category 3 cyclone, Nargis affected more than 50 townships, mainly in Yangon and Ayeyarwady Divisions, including Yangon, the country’s largest city. Strong winds and heavy rain caused the greatest damage in the Ayeyarwady Delta, where a storm surge compounded the impact of the cyclone.
On 02 May 2008, Tropical Cyclone Nargis swept over Myanmar (Burma) and left behind a path of destruction. Wind speeds of more than 200 km/h and a storm surge of up to 3 metres in height destroyed more than 90 percent of housing and large parts of infrastructure in some regions.
Apr 30, 2009 · Cyclone Nargis swept across southern Myanmar on the evening of 2 May, leaving a trail of death and destruction before tapering off the next day. The winds and tidal surge caused by the...
May 4, 2008 · Satellite images, weather maps and tracks of Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis 2008, 26 April - 4 May. Max wind speed 215km/h.
