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December 4[edit]
2001: Hurricane Olga, the largest tropical cyclone on record in the Atlantic Ocean (in terms of physical size), dissipated east of The Bahamas.
2012: Typhoon Bopha, the strongest tropical cyclone on record to strike the island of Mindanao, Philippines, made landfall near Baganga. The storm hit with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/h), and killed at least 1,900 people.