A military aircraft passes over a destroyed area of Tacloban City, the Philippines, after Typhoon Haiyan ripped through it in 2013. Photo: Alamy
A military aircraft passes over a destroyed area of Tacloban City, the Philippines, after Typhoon Haiyan ripped through it in 2013. Photo: Alamy
The aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut is seen in Sheung Shui, in the northern New Territories, after it struck Hong Kong in September 2018. Photo: Sam Tsang
The aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut is seen in Sheung Shui, in the northern New Territories, after it struck Hong Kong in September 2018. Photo: Sam Tsang
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Five of the biggest typhoons to hit Asia – as Tropical Cyclone Kompasu buffets Hong Kong and southern China

From Typhoon Vera, which remains the strongest and deadliest typhoon to have ravaged Japan, to Typhoon Haiyan that killed more than 6,000 people in the Philippines, we recall the worst typhoons on record in the region

Erickson LeeMia Castagnone
Erickson Lee and Mia Castagnone

Updated: 8:29am, 14 Oct, 2021

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A military aircraft passes over a destroyed area of Tacloban City, the Philippines, after Typhoon Haiyan ripped through it in 2013. Photo: Alamy
A military aircraft passes over a destroyed area of Tacloban City, the Philippines, after Typhoon Haiyan ripped through it in 2013. Photo: Alamy
The aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut is seen in Sheung Shui, in the northern New Territories, after it struck Hong Kong in September 2018. Photo: Sam Tsang
The aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut is seen in Sheung Shui, in the northern New Territories, after it struck Hong Kong in September 2018. Photo: Sam Tsang
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