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A Typhoon Hits Hong Kong, 1906

Posted: October 1st, 2025 | No Comments »

Three photographs of the Hong Kong typhoon of 1906 time stamped 09:15, 09:30 and 09:45am showing the progression of the typhoon that day. The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon (they didn’t name them back then was a tropical cyclone that hit Hong Kong on 18 September 1906. The natural disaster caused property damage exceeding a million pounds and took the lives of around 15,000 people.



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