Template:Deadliest typhoons

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Deadliest Pacific typhoons
Rank Typhoon Season Fatalities
1 "Haiphong" 1881 300,000[1]
2 Nina 1975 229,000[1]
3 July 1780 Typhoon 1780 100,000[2]
4 "Swatow" 1922 60,000[1]
5 "China" 1912 50,000[1]
6 July 1862 Typhoon 1862 40,000[2]
7 September 1881 Typhoon 1881 20,000[2]
8 "Hong Kong" 1937 10,000[1]
9 Vera 1959 5,238[1]
10 Thelma 1991 >5,081[3][4][5]
Main article: list of notable tropical cyclones

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "The Worst Natural Disasters by Death Toll" (PDF). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 2009. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pedro Ribera, Ricardo Garcia-Herrera and Luis Gimeno (July 2008). "Historical Deadly Typhoons in the Philippines". Weather. Royal Meteorological Society. 63 (7): 196.
  3. Environmental Research Division, Manila Observatory (October 1992). The Ormoc City Tragedy of November 5, 1991 (PDF). Environmental Science for Social Change: 3–9 http://essc.org.ph/images/ESSC/Publications/Ormoc_Tragedy/chapter%201%20the%20ormoc%20city%20tragedy.pdf. Retrieved May 3, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help); |chapter= ignored (help)
  4. Monte L. Peterson (July 1992). "Reconnaissance Report: Flooding Resulting From Typhoon Uring In Ormoc City, Leyte Province, The Philippines" (PDF). United States Army Corps of Engineers. pp. 1–49. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  5. Cris Evert Lato (November 12, 2010). "Ormoc rises from flash flood tragedy". Ormoc, Philippines: The Inquirer. Retrieved May 7, 2013.