Top 10 Most Damaging Tropical Cyclones of All Time

Over 80 hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones form in an average year, with over 14,000 tropical cyclones documented in recorded history. While many of these storms never impact land, the ones that do have the potential to cause major damage, and some storms have damaged hundreds of thousands of structures. These storms will be covered in the Top 10 Most Damaging Hurricanes of All Time, with this list counting down the top ten tropical cyclones in regards to how many structures and buildings they have damaged or destroyed.
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[@cjever6625]

What made Haiyan/Yolanda so deadly was a combination of two things: 1. A sudden Tsunami-like storm surge (look up the footage). 2. The majority of Evacuation centers were completely washed away. The normal people and the local government units were surprised that the water came up unexpectedly high (Tsunami-like).

[@austinreed5805]

The fact that Super Typhoon Haiyan is only #6 is terrifying.

[@danilobaldoz8531]

Yep

[@eugenejamesbon3399]

Yep

[@KaiserStormTracking]

F A C T S At least 2020 wasn't bad. Yellowstone never erupted which would have ended our lives

[@toshdefroge6541]

Haiyan has not made much damage because there is not much to damage lol

[@JLCAIL]

@@toshdefroge6541 wat

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

This is the second video with 2 Veras this is why names get retired.

[@KaiserStormTracking]

F A C T S

[@juliusnepos6013]

Yeah, Tip, Nina, Joan and Wayne were also not retired and become significant storms as well

[@hubbtoonz]

Imagine #1 is that one storm from 1914

[@eillencauagdan9779]

What

[@stoopidphersun7436]

@@dumbcat489 The atlantic hurricane season had ONE tropical storm in 1914 and i think mabye a subtropical storm in october

[@StevenWx]

TS One of 1914 was not the devastating storm ever, shush.

[@hubbtoonz]

@@StevenWx its a joke

[@ninjasiren]

It seems you really don't need a cat 5 storm to cause extreme damage. You only need a somewhat strong storm, and a heavily packed area with alot of people, and weak structures.

[@borhanuddin8447]

1991 Chittagong cyclone was so strong and damaging that, people of that division still talk about it, and they still fear this strom. Because, there is area where 70-80% people dead. There is island, all people dead. Also this strome make landfall as cat 5.

[@KAN443]

​@@borhanuddin8447 Landfall as a Strong Cat 4 Hurricane

[@jonathanzavala8144]

2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Animation

[@thekiingc7]

@@shibainudogweather i think they meant that as what they thought the 10 most damaging hurricanes were ... even if not , i'd use that as a guess -- so many hurricanes from 2020 that can fit

[@thatmobi]

2021 Animation PLz

[@DavidRSAT]

You guys need to turn down the transition screens. It's way too loud compared to the rest of the audio.

[@KaiserStormTracking]

Its fine

[@guuus2]

Yeah lol

[@_nolan_nolan]

The reason why no hurricane from the Atlantic is here is because Typhoons and Cyclones do much more damage because most structures in the Atlantic especially in the United States are built to withstand hurricanes to some level. But if there was a list just for Hurricanes then Katrina,Galveston,Irma,Maria,Sandy,Dorian,Harvey,Camille,Mitch and Gilbert would definitely be on the list

[@KaiserStormTracking]

Thats mainly the gulf regions. Irma and Matthew could have been worse for Florida. Puerto Rico tho got wrecked. Its death toll will never be truly known

[@jaidenbishop868]

And the WPac is more densely populated then the Atlantic.

[@zachbing1915]

@Nolan I wouldn’t say that is necessarily true currently. I live in Okinawa, Japan and every single building on island is made of reinforced concrete to withstand typhoon winds. It almost seems like the US needs to take some notes in terms of building more hurricane-resistant buildings.

[@shchorss]

@@zachbing1915 The US does build hurricane-resistant buildings...

[@VTSGsRock]

But Atlantic hurricanes are costly just like how Northern Indian Ocean cyclones are deadly

[@OGISM_destroyer69]

Super Typhoon Mike Fatalities: 822 Injuries: Just 1 cuz he's lucky

[@MrGreenandPurple]

I really like these...

[@MatthewMB6YT]

Me too

[@kervinquillope3047]

When ppl thought vera was super weak The rainfall:am i a joke to you

[@jeffjests2764]

yes, it was 3 to 4 feet of flooding from eyewitness accounts

[@exefrost8047]

Top 10 Most Strongest Rainfall Storms

[@eclipserisingsurfacelevel]

You... could've just called this "10 most damaging typhoons of all time"

[@Sukileslie]

No it’s because it damaging, not costly.

[@aron1332]

Typhoons are more damaging than Hurricanes that's why most of the storms in the list are typhoons.

[@eclipserisingsurfacelevel]

Well I kinda want one of these for the other basins. Just ignoring the other basins is dumb.

[@jtp2007]

@@eclipserisingsurfacelevel They are not ignoring anything. The title says "Top 10 most damaging tropical cyclones of all-time. This is in terms of the number of buildings that were damaged by the storm. All 10 were WPAC Typhoons. Had one of them been in another basin, it would have been included.

[@eclipserisingsurfacelevel]

@@jtp2007 Then they should've called it typhoons.

[@C-Midori]

I don’t know why but I find Typhoon Wanda so terrifying for some reason

[@RT88414]

Not gonna lie, I’m surprised the 1900 great Galveston hurricane wasn’t on this video especially after 8,000-12,000 people died and causing $1.97 billion in damages compared to 1900 when was 35.4 million back then

[@loenamia9626]

Of course Haiyan will be on the list and also why didnt you include Tropical Storm Washi(Sendong) in 2011? It caused tremendous damage in Iligan City

[@aron1332]

Washi did not damage or destroyed as many structures as the storms on the list

[@loenamia9626]

@@aron1332 Oh ok thanks

[@jeffjests2764]

@@aron1332 smh, you are the person that never gets the memo that wind speed is not all

[@aron1332]

@@jeffjests2764 How many structures did Washi damaged?

[@aron1332]

@@jeffjests2764 When did I said that wind speed is all? Washi did not caused as much damageas the storms in the list so it isn't included.

[@dualtronix4438]

Mitch or Iota/Eta should have been in this list. These storms caused a lot of destruction in Central America. Some never recovered from Mitch, others recovered only to lose again everything this year.

[@farhanatashiga3721]

Population density is the rebuttal for this.

[@joanaguilera1295]

Your talking the worst central american hurricanes including Otto (2016) and Felix (2007) because they has a decent amout of damage (all though 'Felix' were made landfall in Nicaragua🇳🇮 and 'Otto' made landfall in northeastern Panamá🇵🇦 ,and 'Eta' has bigger storm surge than 'Mitch'(1998)

[@KaiserStormTracking]

Iota/Etas final damage in CA won't be known due to Iota making what eta did way way way way worse

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@hoseasylvester2596 Yeah but realistically they are a lot higher.

[@jeffjests2764]

@@farhanatashiga3721 i have to admit, typhoon wanda striking shanghai made me jump out of my seat

[@borhanuddin8447]

1991 Chittagong cyclone was so strong and damaging that, people of that division still talk about it, and they still fear this strom. Because, there is area where 70-80% people dead. There is island, all people dead. Also this strome make landfall as cat 5.

[@KAN443]

No It's a Category 4 Landfall

[@michaelduo1327]

Not a single Atlantic Hurricane made it on the list? Boy is Asia being pounded by those storms.

[@satwikc2461]

@Michael Duo most dangerous storms were shown and no the ones which are the costliest...

[@loenamia9626]

Of course! Philippines gets hit by 20 storms in a year plus we got hit by 3 POWERFUL TYPHOONS Molave, Goni and Vamco

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@loenamia9626 F A C T S. Flordia has seen its fair share of C3+ Irma Matthew(I count Matthew bc it missed landfall by mere miles) Ivan as well Im out of names

[@loenamia9626]

@@KaiserStormTracking Ok but we get hit more destructively

[@butteredsheep2876]

If it was costliest and not most destructive, Harvey and Katrina would be up there

[@unitgamex2972]

Sandy, Dorian, Camille, Harvey, and Katrina are my guesses

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

Other oceans exist

[@unitgamex2972]

@@TheSpiritombsableye OmG rEaLlY I hAd nO iDeA They titled it hurricanes and it was misleading

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

They live primarily in the UK. And there is no popular term to call all tropical systems in all bases.

[@unitgamex2972]

@@TheSpiritombsableye tropical systems....

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

@@unitgamex2972, I said popular.

[@mindulle21]

Hey how you animate?

[@DaChicken92]

IDK

[@DaChicken92]

Most likely an editor

[@KaiserStormTracking]

Theres a few tutorials out there ThePhoneExpert has one for mobile

[@mindulle21]

@@KaiserStormTracking thanks, but i learned it in november with tpe tutorial and TSK pc tutorial

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@mindulle21 same but i use kinemaster

[@manifestationsofasort]

My bets are on Katrina, Maria, Wilma and Haiyan.

[@manifestationsofasort]

And maybe Camille

[@fdz9gamingfansanetc518]

Also goni? An Dorian?

[@hubbtoonz]

@@fdz9gamingfansanetc518 yeah Dorian is on the thumbnail

[@lilyperez3366]

Wilma wasn’t as destructive as Harvey, not even close.

[@farhanatashiga3721]

ATL storms will fall under. Costliest, not most damaging. Structural damages and monetary damages are two completely different things.

[@RegionalAustraliaNews]

My guesses Mike,Angela,Sandy,Katrina,Dorian,Camille

[@LunoRawke]

If Goni was as strong as Haiyan, so why Haiyan was more destructive?

[@SethKenan]

And goni weaken rapidly when it made landfall.

[@bertmagz8845]

Goni was a small storm, but did extensive damage. It also was not as costly as Haiyan.

[@myning5693]

After it landfall in catanduanes it rapidly weaken so must small damage

[@narayanlaxmi4990]

Reason why haiyan much more damaging because of the storm surge tsunami like

[@kosakukawajiri5007]

And also the location of where Goni and Haiyan hit, some places could have been affected more than others.

[@Enaiposha_17]

Please include typhoon Rolly please

[@kurtstaines4743]

Its typhoon goni

[@kurtstaines4743]

In international

[@keekee300]

I think typhoon goni wouldnt even make to the top 50, it might be super strong, but it was small, i personally think that vamco would be ranked higher than goni in terms of damage.

[@jeffjests2764]

@@keekee300 i think seroja would be very high on the list if they knew it was coming

[@keekee300]

@@jeffjests2764 wait seroja? Lmao Thats the new storm forming right that already claimed alot of lives i think it was 55 deaths

[@lguel01]

Why are there no Atlantic hurricanes?

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

The Atlantic can build buildings better. 🤷‍♂️

[@TropicalStorm4213]

Coastal population density in prone areas arent in the Atlantic compared to rest of the world

[@farhanatashiga3721]

@@brokerwx3597 Most of the viewer base is from the us, it's the best way to pull in the biggest audience in since noone in the us really use cyclones in a normal conversation. Also ATL storms will fall under. Costliest, not most damaging. Structural damages and monetary damages are two completely different things.

[@jtp2007]

@@brokerwx3597 It is not a marketing ploy, people just need to read and comprehend better.

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@TropicalStorm4213 The east coast where I live basically have cliffs of sand that stop the surge. Its rivers near the coast that worry ppl

[@davidbelton1769]

WOW surprised that Hurricane Mitch Andrew and Katrina were not in this video.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Top 5 Costliest in America are: 5. Irma $50B 4. Sandy $75B 3. Maria $95B 2. Harvey $125B 1. Katrina $160B Don’t know about globally

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

After counting for inflation, Harvey and Katrina tie.

[@ghostyidk9383]

@@bovvie208 Irma was costlier than Sandy

[@farhanatashiga3721]

ATL storms will fall under. Costliest, not most damaging. Structural damages and monetary damages are two completely different things.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@TheSpiritombsableye no, recent numbers have Katrina higher

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@ghostyidk9383 using 2020 dollars

[@Al1701]

This demonstrates how where a cyclone hits has just as much to do with how damaging it is to how strong or large it is. The coasts of East Asia are lined with settlements which feature a lot of building packed closely together and are not of the best construction. Therefore, when going by structures damaged/destroyed, East Pacific typhoons (and just about anything that hits Bangladesh) just have more to destroy than Atlantic Hurricanes. Though, East Pacific Typhoons also don't fool around when it comes to strength thanks to its size, topography, and climate. Atlantic Hurricanes have topped out around 190mph for wind speed and in the 880's for pressure. Typhoons going north of 200mph and down into the 870's has happened a few times.

[@KaiserStormTracking]

Basically anyone worse nightmare.

[@jeffjests2764]

@@hoseasylvester2596 like our new awesome building that is in the shape of a bird!

[@bjunborja9827]

@@hoseasylvester2596 but typhoons is typically stronger

[@jaidenbishop868]

@@bjunborja9827 They still do the same type of damage.

[@bonjoaujero4562]

Angela is a powerful storm

[@thatmobi]

When 2021 Animation

[@unusual123]

2 Vera's at once? So terrifying

[@narayanlaxmi4990]

Really angela has 200mph its stronger than Goni

[@cynotechh]

That's his analysis, it's not the official one (and there is no official wind speed for a storm

[@danilobaldoz1183]

@@cynotechh ye each agency has its analysis and estimates

[@delicatetease]

WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

[@dqtaugp3488]

10K DEATHS IN 85MP/H? WTH IT IS A JOKE?

[@aron1332]

Do you know what flooding is?

[@danilobaldoz1183]

@@aron1332 he doesn't know

[@borhanuddin8447]

may be strome surge was over 15 feet. That is why.

[@user_rj8ks4jsv9]

haiyan 878hpa

[@BedfordEAS]

I was unable to chat on the premiere due to being constantly timed out.

[@BedfordEAS]

Either it was NB glitching or Nelson just hates me.

[@sadmanmcsad2849]

Here’s the list since it was on their hurricane week stream. Their list of damaging hurricanes 10: Angela ‘95 9: Mike ‘90 8: Nancy ‘61 7: Cyclone 13 ‘71 6: Haiyan ‘13 5: Vera ‘59 4: Kathleen ‘47 3: Cyclone 2 ‘91 2: Wanda ‘56 1: Vera ‘89

[@supertyphoonnancy1963]

Nancy 215 mph

[@EliRicke-xl9mw]

200 mph 880 hpa

[@66391_Moshup]

Sendong is devastating even if it was weak

[@secrettalent9839]

I think u missed one super cyclone 1999 odisha. The most disastrous recorded ever

[@aron1332]

Most disastrous in what basis?

[@secrettalent9839]

30,000 fatality, stationary at a landfall for 36 hours, 5-6m storm surge which flooded/like mini tsunami upto 35 km inland Damage-4.4 billion(USD) Cat 5 storm wind speed higher than 200 mph but IMD estimate 160 mph wrong bcz all of IMD instruments broken by the wind which are capable to hold atleast 300 kmph wind speed If u like more information then search 1999 super cyclone odisha and get info

[@aron1332]

@@secrettalent9839 And there are more storms that killed more people and caused more monetary damage. How 1999 Odisha cyclone be the most disastrous?

[@aron1332]

@@secrettalent9839 And the windspeed of 1999 Odisha Cyclone was 160 not 190

[@secrettalent9839]

@@aron1332 mentioned about 160 kmph according to IMD they put Cyclone bhola on the list and Bangladesh Cyclone which was less damage effect than 1999. Super cyclone and if u just look and research about 1999 Cyclone this was the most dangerous Cyclone which hit india cost ever.

[@IvanPlayyz]

Ivan deserves to be on this list

[@D.E.A.Ntherappar]

typhoon Freda should be on this list

[@TdgtornadoFake]

Insane

[@joshwilliams921]

Hurricane Katrina: DAMN YOU FORCE 13 !!!

[@Jegbox-1]

Not a single hurricane, interesting

[@bonjoaujero4562]

Goni it is a powerful storm in history

[@bonjoaujero4562]

370 kph

[@bonjoaujero4562]

The power in a super typhoon goni

[@kylerrabaya5197]

it’s not

[@jeffjests2764]

@@kylerrabaya5197 wdym?

[@kylerrabaya5197]

JeffJests It’s not the most powerful storm

[@CU153D_VR]

*Katrina has entered the chat*

[@reinheartjagualing6303]

R.I.P PHILIPPINES

[@VTSGsRock]

Where's Typhoon Nina and Cyclone Nargis?

[@jomar866]

What about Hurricane Mitch that killed 10,000 people in Honduras etc

[@alexciataylor4107]

Patricia

[@keekee300]

It made landfall at a very scarcely populated area, so in terms of damage or structures, it wouldnt even make to the top 100 of the list

[@jhnaaronguinto9836]

why is that if the typhoons are exactly or so close to the philippines

[@mralmond693]

Where’s Cyclone Tracy? It cause almost 1 billion American dollars in damage

[@aron1332]

Many storms caused much more severe damage than Tracy

[@frinzellajuamanapao4726]

Ulysses and Goni why you dont call him

[@aron1332]

Did Ulysses and Goni damaged as much as the storms on the list?

[@keekee300]

Ulyesses and goni wouldnt make it to the lists, it might be really destructive, but it wasnt as destructive as the ones in the list.

[@sempertheplayer5883]

Idk why haiyan or yolanda is number 6

[@matthewhi6712]

I predict Harvey to be 1 of the worst storms

[@Semper_The_Player]

In typhoon mike ONKY ONE INJURED BRUH

[@fdz9gamingfansanetc518]

WHAT WHERE IS KATRINA?

[@farhanatashiga3721]

ATL storms will fall under. Costliest, not most damaging. Structural damages and monetary damages are two completely different things.

[@fdz9gamingfansanetc518]

Ok

[@amoeba9538]

@@farhanatashiga3721 100+ miles of coastline from Cocodrie, LA to Dauphin Island, AL was completely LEVELED. Tell me how that isn’t top 10 most destructive

[@aron1332]

@@amoeba9538 And how many structures were damaged and destroyed in that region and compare it to the number 10 on the list?

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@amoeba9538 You realize most homes in 2005 were well built. 15 years later and they are 4X stronger

[@bonjoaujero4562]

Im scare the super typhoon goni

[@seansgaming0819]

Paeng nalgae was the deadliest storm on philippines can destroy house road even trees wind speeds 130km Nov 3 paeng nalgae hits Philippines 45 killed by paeng nalgae death toll hits 155 effected 470,000 individuals

[@aron1332]

It is far from deadliest

[@someperson3883]

Where is Katrina?

[@farhanatashiga3721]

ATL storms will fall under. Costliest, not most damaging. Structural damages and monetary damages are two completely different things.

[@joanaguilera1295]

It's only T Y P H O O N S🌀

[@keekee300]

@@joanaguilera1295 its not, theres literally a cyclone at the list lol, but i was really expecting that most of the storms in the list are typhoons and yes it was true

[@Sagginuvako]

It's Typhoons Not Hurricanes LOL😂

[@di114n2]

Number 1 was kind of disappointing. Don’t see why that’s number 1

[@aron1332]

Then explain those numbers that show millions of structures are damaged or destroyed

[@mspectrite8025]

Who would win? A category 5 superstorm A weak barely even a c1 typhoon

[@TdgtornadoFake]

Dang

[@batangwaray2790]

But haiyan is the biggest damages $2,8 Billion

[@farhanatashiga3721]

Structural damages and monetary damages are two completely different things.

[@aron1332]

@Jhunel Cabique Completely wrong. Haiyan's monetary damages were not enough to reach the levels of top tropical cyclones. Even in WPAC, Haiyan was not even in top 20.

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@aron1332 Maria and Dorian along with Iota and Eta combined can beat haiyan easily

[@aron1332]

@@KaiserStormTracking I said that Haiyan was not the storm that had the biggest damages.

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@aron1332 ik. I was saying even Katrina was weak when it came to damage. My mind doesn't work right at 12:43 PM

[@mhctracking8576]

First! (I know no one cares lol)

[@tree3910]

@Anomalocaris bye

[@Sukileslie]

*NO EDITOR IS FIRST AND ALSO THE PPL IN THE LIVE STREAM LOL*

[@amoeba9538]

Katrina really didn’t make the list? Tell that to Louisiana and Mississippi

[@aron1332]

Katrina did not damage or destroyed as many structures as the storms on the list.

[@KaiserStormTracking]

It had CAT5 surge but still most of houses directly destroyed were in and near the immediate landfalls areas

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@eternaldevoid ik. But its surge was like a CAT5 due to its size and the shape of the coast. The gulf is a bad place to livr when it comes to surge

[@myning5693]

@@aron1332 okay 125B $ is not destroyed many structures okay..

[@aron1332]

@@myning5693 Did I said Katrina did not destroyed many structure? Read again what I said in my comment.

[@parvadhami980]

You didn't include 1970 Bhola cyclone? 500,000 dead, and it triggered a civil war , which paved way for the birth of Bangladesh! and of course a lot of Monetary loss

[@TropicalStorm4213]

Very historic one and in many other lists, but the list went by destroyed/damaged structures so a hole didn’t make this obe

[@farhanatashiga3721]

Structural damages, monetary damages and lost of lifes are completely different things.

[@samueliwag2600]

I agree, Bhola is more destructive

[@TropicalStorm4213]

*bhola not a hole, autocorrect

[@manifestationsofasort]

Well, if they ever do deadliest, we'll know which is number one

[@taylormatthews6086]

Laura isn't on there

[@lilyperez3366]

Really wasn’t even close to being as destructive as other storms but it was definitely very destructive.

[@taylormatthews6086]

@@lilyperez3366 might be in the top 30 sinse billion dollar storms have only happened in the last few decades

[@farhanatashiga3721]

ATL storms will fall under. Costliest, not most damaging. Structural damages and monetary damages are two completely different things.

[@user-ko5xp7us8f]

@@lilyperez3366 No, laura did more damage. Laura did 16.1 billion dollars in damage but one on the list did 500M so i don't understand. I guess it's just typhoons.

[@jtp2007]

@@user-ko5xp7us8f There is a difference between monetary damages and number of buildings destroyed. This list is covering the latter.

[@alexciataylor4107]

Katrina

[@farhanatashiga3721]

ATL storms will fall under. Costliest, not most damaging. Structural damages and monetary damages are two completely different things.

[@user-ko5xp7us8f]

@@eternaldevoid Katrina isn't overrated it literally did almost 200 billion dollars in damage

[@user-ko5xp7us8f]

@@eternaldevoid a storm cannot be overrated

[@aron1332]

@@eternaldevoid How it was overrated if -Katrina caused $125BN of damages and it was the costliest tropical cyclone ever and the 4th costliest disasters ever and it was a Category 3 when it made that amount of damages. -Only few storms killed as many or more than what Katrina did as a Category 3 storm. And most of them happened in between 1800 - 1920s -The storm surge of Katrina reached 30 ft in height. In comparison, Haiyan caused 25 ft of storm surge

[@KaiserStormTracking]

Katrina compared to iota eta and Maria was weak

[@g3computers432]

Goni is stronger than Haiyan Haiyan is stronger than Goni

[@supertyphoonnancy1963]

I disagree with 200 mph Angela

[@cynotechh]

So do I.

[@EliRicke-xl9mw]

195-205 mph

[@imaginelikeari2]

Vera names needs to get retired lol, they didn't

[@user-ul1hp8vp7y]

I MADE A STINKY