Deadliest typhoons

As of 2026-10-12, 1856 Edo typhoon tops the list with 100,000 deaths.

1. #1 1856 Edo typhoon — 100,000 deaths source Wikidata
2. #2 1922 Swatow typhoon — 50,000 deaths

   Pacific typhoon in 1922

   The 1922 Shantou Typhoon was a devastating tropical cyclone that caused thousands of deaths in the Chinese city of Shantou in August 1922. This death toll makes it one of the deadliest known typhoons in history. Read more on Wikipedia.

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3. #3 Hong Kong Typhoon of 1874 — 17,000 deaths

   Pacific typhoon in 1874

   The 1874 Hong Kong typhoon was the third-worst typhoon to ever hit Hong Kong, striking during the night of September 22, 1874 and the morning of September 23, 1874. Read more on Wikipedia.

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4. #4 Hong Kong Typhoon of 1906 — 15,000 deaths

   Typhoon in 1906

   The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon was a tropical cyclone that hit Hong Kong on 18 September 1906. The typhoon caused property damage exceeding a million pounds sterling, affected international trade, and took the lives of around 15,000 people. Read more on Wikipedia.

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5. #5 1912 Tacloban typhoon — 15,000 deaths

   1912 typhoon struck the Philippines

   The 1912 Tacloban typhoon was a typhoon that struck Tacloban, Philippines in 1912. It has been pointed out that this typhoon was very similar to Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Read more on Wikipedia.

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6. #6 Great Hong Kong Typhoon of 1937 — 11,021 deaths

   Pacific typhoon in 1937

   The 1937 Great Hong Kong Typhoon was one of the deadliest typhoons in Hong Kong history, with a death toll estimated between 11,000 and 13,000. Part of the 1937 Pacific typhoon season, the tropical cyclone originated on 24 August to the south of Guam, which proceeded generally to the west-northwest. On 1 September the storm entered the South China Sea, and early the next day, the typhoon passed just south of Hong Kong before making landfall in southern China. It weakened after moving ashore,... Read more on Wikipedia.

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7. #7 1917 Taishō typhoon — 1,324 deaths source Wikidata
8. #8 Typhoon Agnes — 1,029 deaths

   Pacific typhoon in 1984

   Typhoon Agnes, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Undang, was the fourth and final tropical cyclone to affect the Philippines during the 1984 Pacific typhoon season. An area of disturbed weather developed near the equator and the Caroline Islands on October 28. Following an increase in organization, the cyclone was designated a tropical storm on October 31. After tracking northwest initially, Agnes turned west-northwest the next day, a course that the system would maintain for the rest of... Read more on Wikipedia.

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9. #9 1908 Hong Kong Typhoon — 1,000 deaths

   Pacific typhoon in 1908

   The 1908 Hong Kong Typhoon was a tropical cyclone which made landfall near Hong Kong on the night of 27 July 1908. The ‌‌storm resulted in significant property damage and loss of life. The most notable occurrence of the event was the loss of the SS Ying King (英京號), a steamship, which sank while trying to seek shelter from the storm; 421 people on board drowned. About one thousand people were reported to have drowned, more than 20 houses collapsed, and many Hong Kong wharf facilities... Read more on Wikipedia.

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10. #10 Typhoon Amy — 991 deaths

    Pacific typhoon in 1951

    Typhoon Amy was an intense and deadly tropical cyclone that struck areas of the central Philippines in December 1951. Impacting the archipelago during the 1951 eruption of Mount Hibok-Hibok, Amy exacerbated the effects of the volcano, greatly increasing the number of resulting deaths. The fifteenth named storm and fourteenth typhoon within the western Pacific Ocean that year, Amy developed from an area of low pressure near the Kwajalein Atoll on December 3. Tracking in a general westward... Read more on Wikipedia.

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