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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
612 AM CDT WED OCT 7 2026
..ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY
IN 1970, PUERTO RICO MAY HAVE SUFFERED ITS WORST NATURAL
DISASTER TO THIS DATE, WHEN A SLOW MOVING TROPICAL
DEPRESSION PRODUCED 6 DAYS OF TORRENTIAL RAINS. RAINFALL
TOTALS AVERAGED AROUND TWO AND A HALF FEET IN THE EASTERN
INTERIOR DIVISION, WITH ONE TOWN MEASURING A MIND
BOGGLING 38.42 INCHES.PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE, WICHITA'S
NORMAL ANNUAL RAINFALL IS 32.64 INCHES. FLOODING WAS
OBVIOUSLY APPALLING, CAUSING $62 MILLION DAMAGE AND
CLAIMING 18 LIVES.
IN 1737, WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE WORST HURRICANE
DISASTER OCCURRED WHEN A CYCLONE (AS A HURRICANE IS
CALLED IN THE BAY OF BENGAL AND THE NORTHERN INDIAN
OCEAN), KILLED AN ESTIMATED 300,000 PEOPLE. THE
APPALLING CYCLONE SWEPT UP THE NORTH END OF THE BAY OF
BENGAL ACROSS THE HOOGHLY RIVER AND GANGES RIVER DELTA.
THE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND HIGH SEAS SANK AROUND 20,000
VESSELS OF ALL TYPES AND SIZES. ALONG THE COAST, ONE
WAVE THAT WAS AROUND 40 FEET HIGH AND WAS AMPLIFIED BY
THE SHAPE OF THE BAY, SWEPT OVER THE ISLANDS AND
LOWLANDS, INUNDATING AROUND 6,000 ACRES.
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