The 'terrific Tonqkinq typhoon' of October 1881 - implications for the Red River Delta (northern Vietnam) in modern times

摘要

The terrific Tongking typhoon (Dechevrens, 1882) of early October 1881 spread destruction and calamity along the coast of what is now northern Vietnam. The young port town of Haiphong, located roughly 16 kilometres inland from the Gulf of Tonkin on abranch of the Red River, was entirely swept away, whilst terrible floods devastated the surrounding low-lying delta.