As of 2026-10-12, 1911 Catalan and Valencian gale tops the list with 140 deaths.
- #1 1911 Catalan and Valencian gale — 140 deaths source Wikidata
- #2 Knickerbocker Storm — 98 deaths
1922 blizzard on the United States East Coast
The Knickerbocker storm was a blizzard on January 27–28, 1922 in the upper South and the middle Atlantic United States. The storm took its name from the resulting collapse of the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington, D.C., shortly after 9 p.m. on January 28, which killed 98 people and injured 133. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 Cyclone Quimburga — 54 deaths
1972 European windstorm
Cyclone Quimburga, also referred to as the Lower Saxony Storm, was a deadly European windstorm that struck northern and central Europe between 12 and 14 November, 1972. The storm has been described as one of the most devastating storm events during the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 Black Friday — 49 deaths
storm in Canada in 1916
source Wikidata - #5 Columbus Day storm of 1962 — 46 deaths
Pacific typhoon and Pacific Northwest windstorm
The Columbus Day storm of 1962 was a Pacific Northwest windstorm that struck the West Coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States on October 12, 1962. Typhoon Freda was the twenty-eighth tropical depression, the twenty-third tropical storm, and the eighteenth typhoon of the 1962 Pacific typhoon season. Freda originated from a tropical disturbance over the Northwest Pacific on September 28. On October 3, the system strengthened into a tropical storm and was given the... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 tropical storm Janis — 45 deaths
1995 tropical storm
source Wikidata - #7 Cyclones Gulab and Shaheen — 30 deaths
North Indian Ocean cyclones in 2021
Cyclonic Storm Gulab and Severe Cyclonic Storm Shaheen were two tropical cyclones that caused considerable damage to South and West Asia during the 2021 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. Gulab impacted India and Pakistan, while Shaheen impacted Iran, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. Gulab was the third named storm of the 2021 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, as well as the fourth named storm of the season after its reformation in the Arabian Sea as Shaheen. The cyclone's origins can be... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 Kirkju storm — 30 deaths
terrible storm which crossed Iceland on September 20, 1900, causing two of the four churches in Svarfaðardalur Valley to be destroyed and the other two to be warped at the base, giving the storm its name, the Kirkju storm
source Wikidata - #9 Storm Ciarán — 22 deaths
european windstorm in 2023
Storm Ciarán, known in Germany as Storm Emir was a European windstorm that severely affected parts of Europe from late October to early November 2023. Part of the 2023–24 European windstorm season, Ciarán impacted northwestern Europe and killed 21 people, eleven of whom were in Italy and four in France. It also caused mass disruption to transport. Widespread damage from 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) winds were reported in the Channel Islands, while 1.2 million French households were left... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 Medicane Euredike — 21 deaths
2017 torrential downpour and deadly flooding in Attiki, Greece
During the morning hours of 15 November 2017, after heavy rainfall caused because of the barometric low Eurydice and the Cyclone Numa, flooding occurred in Western Attica and mainly in Mandra, Nea Peramos, Magoula and Elefsina. The floods killed 24 people and caused severe damage. This is the third largest flood in Attica based on the number of dead. Read more on Wikipedia.
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