1973 Faridpur District tornado

1973 tornado in Bangladesh February 2025 Bangladesh Faridpur district locator map.svg Location of Faridpur District, where the tornado tracked through 17 April 1973 F4 atl Disputed 681 (official) 1,000 (unofficial) 1,000 (estimated) 1973 Areas southwest of Dhaka, Bangladesh tornadoes of 1973 On 17 April 1973,Dolce Chris April 17, 2014 The Deadliest Tornado in the World https://weather.com/storms/tornado/news/deadliest-tornado-world-bangladesh-20140416 2025-02-19 The Weather Channel en-US Four other tornado events since 1964 have killed more than 500 in Bangladesh (April 11, 1964, April 14, 1969, April 17, 1973, and April 1, 1977), according to Chris Burt of Weather Underground. an extremely deadly and devastating tornado moved through areas southwest of Dhaka in Faridpur District, located in Bangladesh. The tornado was the third-deadliest in world history, killing an estimated 681 to 1,000 people; 1,000 more were believed to have been injured.22 April 1973 BANGLADESH: AFTERMATH OF TORNADO WHICH KILLED AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE. https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/264109 19 February 2025 Reuters Tornado summary The tornado touched down west of Dhaka in Manikganj District, moving along the Kaliganga river to the southeast.Hosen Jubayer 2016 73. " fashion to the southeast "Walker Niccoy 2022-09-19 The 12 Deadliest Tornadoes on Earth and What Happened https://a-z-animals.com/blog/the-deadliest-tornadoes-on-earth-and-what-happened/ 2025-02-19 AZ Animals en-US Along its path through Manikganj District, the tornado moved in an inconsistent pattern,Hosen Jubayer 2016 73. "The Manikgonj tornado on April 1973 moved in a zigzag " taking on a multiple-vortex structure as it widened. Later studies found that at this point in its life, the tornado was a series of two funnels that merged into one larger vortex.May 24, 2011 The deadliest tornadoes in history https://www.news.com.au/news/the-deadliest-tornadoes-in-history/news-story/97e7027d04d3f50ddf198cec99c8740a news.com.au The combined forces of two separate funnel clouds that merged to form a super-tornado. A boat with three people inside was blown almost a kilometre, and concrete sculptures weighing tonnes were uprooted and thrown several metres. Further southeast, the tornado impacted nine more villages and produced heavy damage to structures in Balurchar. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was the prime minister of Bangladesh at the time of the tornado, stated that "not a single dwelling was traceable" in the Balurchar area.Hosen Jubayer 2016 76. "Overall, the wide tornado destroyed the greater part of nine towns, including wiping out the entire large village of Balurchar."Finch Jonathon D. Dewam Ashraf Bangladesh Tornado Climatology https://bangladeshtornadoes.org/climo/btorcli0.htm 2025-02-19 Bangladesh Tornadoes In Balurchar not a single dwelling was traceable according to the Prime Minister. Bodies of victims from the tornado in Balurchar were strewn around the area; a boat with three occupants off the shore from the town was lofted by the tornado and thrown over 1000 m ft away.Finch Jonathon Dewam Ashraf Bangladesh Tornado Climatology https://bangladeshtornadoes.org/climo/btorcli0.htm 2025-02-19 Bangladesh Tornadoes Uprooted trees were cris-crossed and bodies were strewn all around A boat with 3 people was blown 1000 m from the bank. 681 people were confirmed to have been killed by the tornado and a total of 15,000 more people were affected in some way by the event.Hosen Jubayer 2016 74. "April 17, 1973 - Manikganj, Singair and Nawabganj in Dhaka - 1 - 681 - 1000 - 15000" Estimates for death counts as high as 1,000 people were given for the tornado, making it one of the deadliest in world history.Finch Jonathan D. Dewan Ashraf M. 23 May 2007 Tornados in Bangladesh and East India http://www.bangladeshtornadoes.org/climo/btorcli0.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170924/http://bangladeshtornadoes.org/climo/btorcli0.htm 3 March 2016 10 March 2016 Bangladesh and East India Tornado Prediction Site Jonathan Finch See also List of Asian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks 2013 Brahmanbaria tornado, another tornado in the Dhaka area References Sources Hosen Shahadat Jubayer Abu June 2016 Chronological History and Destruction Pattern of Tornados in Bangladesh https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307175455 19 February 2025 ResearchGate 1973-04-17 04-17 Category:Mujib era Category:Faridpur District 1973-04-17