Nargis was the deadliest tropical cyclone worldwide since the Typhoon Nina in 1975 , which killed at least 229,000 people , and the deadliest tropical cyclone in the North Indian Ocean since the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone , which killed at least 138,866 people . One aid worker claimed that the death toll from the cyclone and its aftermath might reach 300,000 ; if correct , Nargis was the second-deadliest cyclone ever and the fifth-deadliest natural disaster of the 20th century , after the 1931 China floods , the 1887 Yellow River flood , the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake , and the 1970 Bhola cyclone in Bangladesh
1556 Shaanxi earthquake
1556 Shaanxi earthquake
Cyclone Nargis