Portal:Tropical cyclones/Anniversaries/September/17

September 17

• 1945 - Typhoon Ida struck Japan, killing 2,473 people.
• 1959 - Typhoon Sarah made landfall near Busan, South Korea, leaving over 700,000 people homeless in the country, and killing 2,000 people along the storm's path.
• 1991 - Tropical Storm Ignacio affected Southwestern Mexico and killed 23 people.
• 2004 - Hurricane Jeanne passed over Hispaniola, bringing heavy rain to the island. The rains caused severe flooding in Haiti, killing over 3,000 people.
• 2010 - Hurricane Karl (pictured) reached Category 3 intensity where it made landfall over in Veracruz. Karl caused $3.9 billion in damages and killed 22.