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1922 Swatow typhoon
1922Aug, 2

A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China killing more than 50,000 people.

The 1922 Swatow Typhoon was a devastating tropical cyclone that caused thousands of deaths in the Chinese city of Swatow (now Shantou, both 汕頭) in August 1922. This total makes it one of the deadliest known typhoons in history.

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