Portal:Tropical cyclones/Anniversaries/July/27

July 27

• 1862 - A typhoon made landfall near Hong Kong, killing 80,000 people.
• 1943 - A US Air Force pilot flew his North American T-6 Texan trainer directly into a hurricane off the Gulf Coast of the United States, making it the first hurricane entered by reconnaissance aircraft.
• 2011 - Tropical Storm Nock-ten (pictured) makes landfall over in Luzon, Philippines where it killed 75 people with damages of US$65.7 million in the country alone.