Cyclone Nargis second-deadliest named cyclone of all time, behind Typhoon Nina of 1975. Including unnamed storms like the 1970 Bhola cyclone, Nargis is the sixth-deadliest cyclone of all time, but an uncertainty between the deaths caused by Nargis and those caused by other cyclones (like the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone), could put Nargis as fifth-deadliest or higher, because the exact death toll is uncertain. Nargis was the first tropical cyclone to strike the country since Cyclone Mala made landfall in 2006, which was slightly stronger, but had a significantly lower impact. According to reports, Indian authorities had warned Myanmar about the danger that
Nargis Anwar Hussain (1928–1988), also became a film actor. Fatima made her first film appearance in the 1935 film "Talashe Haq" when she was six years old, credited as "Baby Nargis". Nargis ( ) is a Persian word meaning Narcissus, the daffodil flower. She was subsequently credited as "Nargis" in all of her films. Nargis appeared in numerous films after her debut; she won lasting fame for her later, adult, roles, starting with at the age of 14, in Mehboob Khan's "Taqdeer" in 1943 opposite, Motilal. She starred in many popular Hindi films of the late 1940s and 1950s such as