The 10 deadliest storms in history Killer cyclones have an impact that lasts long after the winds die down ... Great Bombay Cyclone, India (from the Arabian Sea), 1882. The Great Storm of 1987 was a violent extratropical cyclone that occurred on the night of 15–16 October, with hurricane-force winds causing casualties in England, France and the Channel Islands as a severe depression in the Bay of Biscay moved northeast. The Great Storm Richard Cavendish | Published in History Today Volume 53 Issue 11 November 2003 The week-long hurricane that struck the south of England and the English Channel at the end of the month was beyond anything in living memory.

The Great Storm of 1703 was a destructive extratropical cyclone that struck central and southern England on 26 November 1703 (7 December 1703 in the Gregorian calendar in use today).

1703: Great Storm The Great Storm of 1703 was described as the worst natural disaster ever to hit southern Britain.

More than 10 people were killed in the storm.

Between 22,000 and 27,501 people died throughout the Lesser Antilles when the storm passed through them from October 10–16. High winds caused 2,000 chimney stacks to collapse in London and damaged the New Forest, which lost 4,000 oaks.Ships were blown hundreds of miles off-course, and over 1,000 seamen died on the Goodwin …

The Blizzard of 1949 paralyzed the Great Plains for months, making it one of the worst winter storms in the region’s history. The storm was widely reported in the British press on 25 October, with predicted intensity comparisons made to the Great storm of 1987 and the Burns' Day storm of 1990. It hit the UK, and parts of northern Europe with gusts of up to 190 km/h (120 mph) recorded in Denmark. The great storm caused substantial damage over much of Southern England, downing an estimated 15 million trees (including six of the seven eponymous oaks in Sevenoaks). Nordic Storm Series 2013 The Great Hurricane of 1780, also known as Huracán San Calixto, the Great Hurricane of the Antilles, and the 1780 Disaster, is the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record.

The Great Storm of 1987 is often said to be Britain's worst storm since the Great Storm of 1703. But was the 1703 storm the greatest in British history, prior to 1987?