1881 Haiphong typhoon

1881 Haiphong typhoon

Track of the Haiphong Typhoon
Formed September 27, 1881
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]

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References

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