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1982: Typhoon Judy made landfall on southern Honshu, Japan, killing 26 people and flooding more than 60,000 homes.
1992: Hurricane Iniki devastated the island of Kauai, causing more than $2 billion (2006 USD) in damage.
1997: Hurricane Linda, one of the strongest hurricanes on record in the eastern Pacific Ocean, passed near Socorro Island with maximum sustained winds of 160 knots (185 mph; 295 km/h).