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1978: Typhoon Rita made landfall over Luzon, Philippines, killing more than 300 people and leaving 200,000 homeless.
1987: Typhoon Lynn moved away from Taiwan, but not before causing severe flooding due to more than 1,700 millimetres (67 in) of rain in Taipei.
1996: An unusual autumn tornado outbreak struck the northern Great Plains, including 14 in Minnesota, which was more than had ever struck the state for the entire month of October.
2010: An extratropical storm system brought a major tornado outbreak to the Central and Southeastern United States.