I am
unable to discern a definite increasing trend in the deadliness of hurricanes that correlates with the increasing trend of the density of CO2 in the atmosphere since
1281.
MiniTax's list of
hurricanes (alias, cyclones, typhoons) is resorted below according to the year of occurrence:
http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/deadlyworld.asp
9. Cyclone 02B, Bangladesh
1991 Bay of Bengal 140,000
21. Devi Taluk, SE India
1977 Bay of Bengal 20,000
8. Super Typhoon Nina, China
1975 West Pacific 171,000
1. Great Bhola Cyclone, Bangladesh
1970 Bay of Bengal 550,000
16. Bengal Cyclone, Calcutta, India
1942 Bay of Bengal 40,000
13. Swatlow, China
1922 West Pacific 60,000
7. Chittagong, Bangladesh
1897 Bay of Bengal 175,000
10. Great Bombay Cyclone, India
1882 Arabian Sea 100,000
3. Haiphong Typhoon, Vietnam
1881 West Pacific 300,000
6. Great Backerganj Cyclone, Bangladesh
1876 Bay of Bengal 200,000
12. Calcutta, India
1864 Bay of Bengal 60,000
17. Canton, China
1862 West Pacific 37,000
3. Coringa, India
1839 Bay of Bengal 300,000
19. Barisal, Bangladesh
1831 Bay of Bengal 22,000
14. Barisal, Bangladesh
1822 Bay of Bengal 50,000
21. Great Coringa Cyclone, India
1789 Bay of Bengal 20,000
19. Great Hurricane, Lesser Antilles Islands
1780 Atlantic 22,000
18. Backerganj (Barisal), Bangladesh
1767 Bay of Bengal 30,000
2. Hooghly River Cyclone, India and Bangladesh
1737 Bay of Bengal 350,000
15. Sunderbans coast, Bangladesh
1699 Bay of Bengal 50,000
5. Backerganj Cyclone, Bangladesh
1584 Bay of Bengal 200,000
11. Hakata Bay Typhoon, Japan
1281 West Pacific 65,000