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1970 Bhola cyclone, a Rare card
The 1970 Bhola cyclone, also known as the Great Cyclone of 1970 or simply the Bhola Cyclone, was the deadliest tropical cyclone on record, as well as one of the deadliest humanitarian disasters ever recorded.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 87
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 230,000
Ranked #1,674 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
1970 Bhola cyclone quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the 1970 Bhola cyclone card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It struck East ______ and India's West Bengal on 12 November 1970.
Answer
Pakistan. It struck East Pakistan and India's West Bengal on 12 November 1970. From the 1970 Bhola cyclone article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Bhola cyclone was the sixth and strongest cyclonic storm of the ____ North Indian Ocean cyclone season.
Answer
1970s. The Bhola cyclone was the sixth and strongest cyclonic storm of the 1970 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. From the 1970 Bhola cyclone article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Analgesic. Analgesic 86 · Sundarbans 83 · Sausage 80 · 1970 Bhola cyclone 77 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It struck East Pakistan and India's West Bengal on 12 November 1970.
- At least 300,000 people died in the storm, possibly as many as 500,000, primarily as a result of the storm surge that flooded much of the low-lying islands of the Ganges Delta.
- The Bhola cyclone was the sixth and strongest cyclonic storm of the 1970 North Indian Ocean cyclone season.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 1970 Bhola cyclone article was read about 230,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 87: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, 1970 Bhola cyclone (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NOAA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
