List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks in Asia
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These are some notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred in Asia, including the Arabian Peninsula.
Event | Date | Area | Tornadoes | EF/F Rating | Deaths | Casualties | Notes | Sources |
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Calcutta, India tornado | 8 April 1838 | Calcutta, India | - | 215 | [citation needed] | |||
Miyazaki, Japan tornado | 26 September 1881 | Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan | ≥1 | 16 | Deadliest Japanese tornado; destroyed Miyazaki Elementary School | [1] | ||
Yodobashi Town, Japan tornado | 23 September 1903 | Yodobashi Town, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan | ≥1 | 10 | 14 | Struck an elementary school in Toyotoma County | [1] | |
Toyohashi City, Japan tornado | 28 November 1941 | Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan | ≥1 | 12 | 177 | 347 houses completely destroyed or heavily damaged | [1] | |
Serangoon, Singapore tornado | 2 November 1950 | Singapore | 7 | [2] | ||||
Tomiye City, Japan tornado | 10 November 1957 | Tomiye City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan | ≥1 | 6 | 8 | [1] | ||
Azuma village, Japan tornado | 2 July 1962 | Aruma village, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | ≥1 | 2 | [citation needed] | |||
Hamamatsu, Japan tornado | 26 August 1962 | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. Japan | ≥1 | None | 168 houses severely damaged | [citation needed] | ||
Assam, India tornado | 19 April 1963 | Assam, India | - | 139 | [3] | |||
Magura-Narail Districts, Bangladesh tornado | 11 April 1964 | Khulna Division, Bangladesh | - | >500 | [4] | |||
Tokyo, Japan tornado | 24 May 1964 | Southwestern Tokyo, Japan | - | 480 houses damaged | [citation needed] | |||
Ooami-Shirasato town, Japan tornado | 28 October 1967 | Ooami-Shirasato town, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | ≥1 | 2 | [citation needed] | |||
Macabebe — Masantol, Philippines tornado | 13 June 1968 | Philippines | - | 12 | [citation needed] | |||
Bangladesh tornadoes of April 1969 | 14 April 1969 | Bangladesh | ≥2 | 923 | [4] | |||
Sashima town, Japan tornado | 23 August 1969 | Sashima town, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan | ≥1 | 2 | 107 | [citation needed] | ||
Dhaka District, Bangladesh tornado | 17 April 1973 | Dhaka Division, Bangladesh | - | 681 | [4] | |||
Madaripur-Shibchar, Bangladesh tornado | 1 April 1977 | Dhaka Division, Bangladesh | - | 500 | [4] | |||
Japan tornado | 28 February 1978 | Japan | ≥1 | None | Longest path length Japanese tornado at 41.2 km (25.6 mi) | [citation needed] | ||
New Delhi, India tornado of March 1978 | 17 March 1978 | National Capital Region, India | - | 28 | 700 | [citation needed] | ||
Odisha, India tornado | 10 April 1978 | Odisha, India | - | 150 | [3] | |||
Hachirohgata village, Japan tornado | 11 January 1987 | Hachirohgata village, Akita Prefecture, Japan | ≥1 | None | Longest duration Japanese tornado at 41 minutes | [citation needed] | ||
Daulatpur–Saturia tornado | 26 April 1989 | Barisal Division, Bangladesh | - | F5 | >1,300 | 1.5 miles wide, deadliest tornado in world history | [4] | |
Myanmar / Burma tornado | 15 May 1990 | Myanmar / Burma | 1 | 28 | Passenger train derailed | [citation needed] | ||
Southern Philippines tornado | 14 June 1990 | Southern Philippines | - | 30 | [citation needed] | |||
Mobara, Japan tornado | 11 December 1990 | Mobara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | 78 | Violent tornado damaged 1000 homes, 82 completely destroyed | [citation needed] | |||
West Bengal, India tornado | 9 April 1993 | West Bengal, India | - | 145 | [3]"/> | |||
Southern Philippines tornado | 2 July 1994 | Southern Philippines | - | 2-13 | [citation needed] | |||
San Fernando, Philippines tornado | 16 October 1994 | Philippines | 3 | [citation needed] | ||||
Southern Philippines tornado | 29 November 1994 | Southern Philippines | - | 14 | [citation needed] | |||
Guizhou Province, China tornado | 19 April 1995 | Guizhou Province, China | - | 37 | [citation needed] | |||
Jamalpur-Tangail Districts, Bangladesh tornado | 13 May 1996 | Dhaka Division, Bangladesh | - | 700 | [4] | |||
Central Vietnam tornado | 23 September 1997 | Central Vietnam | - | 4 | [citation needed] | |||
West Bengal–Odisha, India tornado | 24 March 1998 | West Bengal and Odisha, India | 160 | 2000 | [3] | |||
Toyohashi City, Japan tornadoes | 24 September 1999 | Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan | 4 | F3 | [citation needed] | |||
Tiền Giang, Vietnam tornadoes | 23 August 2000 | Tiền Giang, Vietnam | 2 | 1 | 77 | [5] | ||
Savar and Gazipur Districts, Bangladesh tornado | 19 September 2000 | Dhaka Division, Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 5 | [6] | ||
Bhalwal, Pakistan tornado | 28 March 2001 | Bhalwal, Pakistan | - | 3 | [citation needed] | |||
Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan tornado | 18 September 2006 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture (Kyūshū), Japan | - | 3 | 100 | 2nd deadliest tornado in recent Japanese history | [citation needed] | |
2006 Saroma tornado | 7 November 2006 | Saroma, Hokkaidō, Japan | F3 | 9 | 26 | Deadliest tornado in recent Japanese history | [citation needed] | |
Trieu Son district, Vietnam tornado | 13 June 2007 | Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam | 2 | Nearly 500 houses damaged | [7] | |||
South China tornado | 8 June 2008 | Guangdong province, China | [8][9] | |||||
Los Bańos, Laguna tornado | 14 August 2008 | Los Bańos, Laguna, Philippines | - | 20 | [10] | |||
South India tornado | 31 March 2009 | Odisha, India | 20 | 150 | 300 homes, 11 villages destroyed. | [11] | ||
UP Diliman, Quezon City tornado | 4 June 2009 | Quezon City, Philippines | 1 | None | None | 12 shanties demolished | [12] | |
Sariaya, Quezon tornado | 14 June 2009 | Sariaya, Quezon Province, Philippines | 1 | 1 | 7 houses and a school were damaged. | [12] | ||
Perez, Quezon tornado | 23 June 2009 | Perez, Quezon Province, Philippines | 1 | 4 | [12] | |||
Can-avid, Eastern Samar tornado | 23 June 2009 | Can-avid, Eastern Samar, Philippines | 1 | 26 houses were damaged. | [13] | |||
Oton, Iloilo tornado | 10 August 2009 | Oton, Iloilo, Philippines | 1 | 20 | 26 houses were damaged. | [12] | ||
Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture tornado | 6 May 2012 | Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan | 1 | 1 | 52 | Japan's worst tornado since November 2006; 890 houses were damaged. | [14] | |
Sanba (Karen) | 18 September 2012 | Japan | Several | [15] | ||||
Bebinca (Fabian) | 20 June 2013 | MIMAROPA, Philippines. | 2 | N/A | None | None | One tornado damaged the Palawan State University, while the other damaged 2 houses. | [16] |
Rumbia (Gorio) | 29 June 2013 | Quezon, Philippines | 1 | N/A | None | None | 41 houses were damaged and a motor boat was completely destroyed. | [17] |
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India tornado | 26 August 2013 | Ranchi-Jharkhand, India | - | Ranchi/Jharkhands biggest tornado to date. | [18] | |||
Saitama Prefecture, Japan tornado | 2 September 2013 | Saitama Prefecture, Japan | 1 | F2 | 63 | [19][20] | ||
Tropical Storm Toraji | 4 September 2013 | Japan | 3 | F1 | [20][21] | |||
Typhoon Man-yi | 15–16 September 2013 | Japan | 10 | F1 | 0 | 10 | Over 900 homes damaged from the ten F0 and F1 tornadoes. | [21][22] |
2014 Peninsula Malaysia tornado outbreak | 14 October – 12 November | Malaysia | 5 | EF3 | None | None | [23][24] | |
Yangtze River tornado | 1 June 2015 | China | 1 | EF1 | 442 | 12 | Crusie ship Dong Fang Zhi Xing capsized by tornadic waterspout. | [25] |
See also
- List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
- List of European tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
- Tornado records
References
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External links
- Asia listing by the Tornado Project
- Middle East listing by The Tornado Project
- Tornadoes of Bangladesh and eastern India by Jonathon D. Finch, M.S. (with additional global tornado information)
- Tornadoes of Asia
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/india.htm
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 http://www.bangladeshtornadoes.org/
- ↑ http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/vietnam.htm
- ↑ http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/angladesh.htm
- ↑ http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/6/15/apworld/20070615111452&
- ↑ http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20090604-208774/Tornado-hits-QC-in-UP-Diliman
- ↑ http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080607/article_362356.htm
- ↑ http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080814-154700/Tornado-uproots-trees-stirs-panic-in-Los-Baos
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/5085237/Deadly-tornado-strikes-southern-India.html
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090818-220925/Tornadoes-common-in-typhoon-prone-RP--Pagasa
- ↑ Inquirer.net
- ↑ http://www.bnonews.com/inbox/?id=655
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