1881 Haiphong typhoon
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Track of the Haiphong Typhoon
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| Formed | September 27, 1881 |
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| Dissipated | October 8, 1881 |
| Lowest pressure | 957 hPa (mbar); 28.26 inHg |
| Fatalities | Up to 300,000 |
| Areas affected | Haiphong, Northern Vietnam Luzon, Spanish East Indies (now Philippines) |
| Part of the 1881 Pacific typhoon season | |
The 1881 Haiphong typhoon was a typhoon that struck Haiphong, in Dai Nam (now Vietnam), and the northern part of the Spanish East Indies (now the Philippines)[1] on October 8 1881.[2]
Casualties
Up to 300,000 people were killed by the typhoon, 20,000 of which were in the modern territory of the Philippines, making it the deadliest Philippine typhoon ever recorded. It was three times the casualty of Typhoon Haiyan, the deadliest Philippine typhoon in modern meteorological records, and is the third deadliest tropical cyclone in history of the world.[3]
Gulf of Tonkin
The Gulf of Tonkin is one of the most frequently used paths for Pacific typhoons to strike the Asian Mainland.[3] The 1881 Haiphong Typhoon traveled this route after it originated near the Spanish East Indies.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Philippine Storm Surge History
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 HurricaneScience.org. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
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