On this day, 34 years ago, on November 10, 1991 (October 5, 1991 in the lunar calendar), a strong typhoon killed more than 5,000 people in the Philippines. On November 10, 1991, the latest report from the Philippine government's disaster relief department stated that a strong typhoon that hit the central Philippines had killed 5,365 people. The local Disaster Relief Coordination Committee said the number of people killed in the disaster could exceed 7000. On the evening of the 5th, a strong typhoon hit Leyte Province, causing flash floods and landslides. Hundreds of thousands of homes were washed away, and the total number of people affected was nearly one million. The number of casualties and property damage caused by strong typhoons is unprecedented in the past 50 years.