Impact
| Rank | Typhoon | Season | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Haiphong" | 1881 | 300,000 |
| 2 | Nina | 1975 | 229,000 |
| 3 | July 1780 Typhoon | 1780 | 100,000 |
| 4 | "Swatow" | 1922 | 60,000 |
| 5 | "China" | 1912 | 50,000 |
| 6 | July 1862 Typhoon | 1862 | 40,000 |
| 7 | September 18681 Typhoon | 1881 | 20,000 |
| 8 | "Hong Kong" | 1937 | 10,000 |
| 9 | Thelma | 1991 | 6,000 |
| 10 | Vera | 1959 | 5,238 |
Due to the typhoon passing through a lightly inhabited part of the Philippines, no reports of significant impact were received.
In Swatow in China, the typhoon caused a storm surge of at least 12 ft above normal. The rain was heavy, and left enough water to leave the land saturated for a few days. Swatow was an unfortunate city, as around 5,000 people (out of a population of about 65,000) perished in the storm. Some nearby villages were totally destroyed. Several ships near the coast were totally wrecked. Other ones were blown as far as two miles inland. The area around the city had around another 50,000 casualties. The total death toll was above 60,000, and may have been higher than 100,000.
The 60,000–100,000+ deaths caused by this typhoon make it one of the deadlist tropical cyclones in the western north Pacific Ocean. The other typhoons with comparable death totals include an unnamed typhoon that hit Haiphong in 1881, 1975's Typhoon Nina, and another unnamed typhoon that hit somewhere in China in 1912.
Read more about this topic: 1922 Swatow Typhoon
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