Disasters with highest death tolls - 1881 Haiphong Typhoon
Time: Saturday Oct 8, 1881
Place: Haiphong, Vietnam
Details: The 1881 Haiphong typhoon was a typhoon that struck Haiphong, in Dai Nam (now Vietnam), and the northern part of the Captaincy General of the Philippines (now the Philippines) on October 8, 1881. About 300000 people were killed in and around Haiphong by the typhoon alone (casualties likely went up even in the storm's passing due to disease and starvation).
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