Disasters with highest death tolls - Tropical Storm Linda (1997)
Time: Friday Oct 31, 1997
Place: Vietnam
Details: Severe Tropical Storm Linda, also known as Typhoon Linda, Cyclonic Storm BOB 08, or in the Philippines as Tropical Depression Openg, was the worst typhoon in southern Vietnam in at least 100 years, killing thousands of people and leaving extensive damage. It formed on October 31, 1997 in the South China Sea, between Indochina and the Philippines.
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