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India's 1888 hailstorm listed as all-time deadliest storm
short by Chhavi Tyagi / on Saturday, 20 May, 2017
The United Nations' weather agency has identified world's all-time deadliest weather events, listing an 1888 hailstorm in India that occurred near Moradabad on 30 April and killed 246 people. It also listed Bangladesh's 1970 tropical cyclone and 1989 tornado that killed three lakh people and 1,300 people, respectively. It further listed Egypt's 1994 lightning strike that had claimed 469 lives.
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