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August 2, 1922 China's deadliest typhoon disaster in the 20th century-Typhoon 8.2 in Shantou, Guangdong
103 years ago today, on August 2, 1922 (June 10, 1922), the deadliest typhoon disaster in China in the 20th century - Typhoon 8.2 in Shantou, Guangdong. On August 2, 1922, the Pacific typhoon made landfall in the Shantou area of Guangdong, China. The sky was dark during the day, and the southeast wind of magnitude 6-8 brought gusts of heavy rain. At 9:00 pm, the typhoon made landfall, shaking mountains and mountains, pulling wood and destroying houses. At 3:00 am on the 3rd, the wind increased to level 12. The tide came with the waves, the sea rose sharply by 3.6 meters, and the 150-kilometer embankment along the coast collapsed. The waves entered the city like a waterfall, and the sound of flying tiles falling down the wall was endless. The average water depth of Shantou City is 3 meters, and the coastal villages and towns are full of ocean. " The ship "Caisheng" blew on the Rupeng Mountain outside Mayu, the "Shandong" was placed on the mountainside of Goumuhan, and the two small steamers in Chaoshan covered Houxi and Butterfly on the mountainside of Chaoyang County. Six counties and one city in Shantou area were devastated, killing more than 70,000 people, and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced. 5/6 residents of Shantou City were affected, half of the houses collapsed, and more than 2,000 people died. 40,000 people were killed in Chenghai County, and none of the villages in Waisha survived. After the disaster, the houses were in ruins, and the corpses were everywhere. The water was floating with carrion, the trees were hanging with clothes, and the top of the mountain was covered with broken boats. The filth was cleared at the end of the month. The flooded cultivated land did not grow crops, and the well water was salty and undrinkable, which only faded after This is the deadliest typhoon disaster in China in the 20th century. On July 28, 1969, a typhoon of the same intensity as that of 1922 hit Shantou head-on. The maximum instantaneous wind force reached 16, the tide rose sharply by 3.14 meters, and the sea water poured into the Han River. However, the embankment has been strengthened, and hundreds of thousands of people are ready. After landing, the rescue is effective. As a result, the property damage is not large, more than 1,000 people are killed and 9,200 people are injured. On this day, the Pacific typhoon made landfall in the Shantou area of Guangdong, China. The sky was dark during the day, and the southeast wind of magnitude 6-8 brought gusts of heavy rain. At 9 pm, the typhoon made landfall, shaking mountains and mountains, and pulling wood and destroying houses. At 3 am on the 3rd, the wind increased to level 12, the tide came with the waves, the sea water rose sharply by 3.6 meters, the 150-kilometer embankment along the coast collapsed, the waves entered the city like a waterfall, and the sound of flying tiles falling down the wall was incessant. The average water depth of Shantou City is 3 meters, and the coastal villages and towns are full of water. The steamer "Caisheng" blew on the Rupeng Mountain outside Mayu, the "Shandong" rested on the mountainside of Goumuhan, and the two small steamers in Chaoshan covered Houxi, Chaoyang County, and the butterfly intersection mountainside. Six counties and one city in Shantou area were devastated, killing more than 70,000 people and displacing hundreds of thousands of people. 5/6 residents of Shantou City were affected, half of the houses collapsed, and more than 2,000 people died. 40,000 people died in Chenghai County, but none of Waisha Village survived. After the disaster, the houses were in ruins, the corpses were everywhere, the water was floating with carrion, the trees were hanging with clothes and shoes, and the tops of the mountains were covered with broken boats. The accumulated filth was cleared at the end of the month. The flooded farmland did not grow crops, and the well water was salty and difficult to drink. It only faded after two years. This was the deadliest typhoon disaster in China in the 20th century. On July 28, 1969, a typhoon of the same intensity as in 1922 hit Shantou head-on. The maximum wind force reached 16 in an instant. The tide rose sharply by 3.14 meters, and the seawater poured into the Han River. However, the embankment was strengthened, and hundreds of thousands of people were ready. After landing, the rescue was effective. As a result, the property damage was not large, more than 1,000 people were killed and 9,200


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