Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
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684 NOUS43 KICT 071112 PNSICT KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-071500- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 612 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025 ...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. $$ Auto