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November 2[edit]
1925: The dam holding back Llyn Eigiau in Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales failed after 5 days of heavy rain, killing 17 people.
1995: Typhoon Angela struck the central Philippines, including Metro Manila, killing nearly 1,000 people.
1997: Tropical Storm Linda made landfall in the Vietnamese province of Ca Mau. More than 3000 people died, mostly on fishing boats.
1997: Typhoon Keith passed through the Northern Mariana Islands with maximum sustained winds of 160 miles per hour (260 km/h), but did not directly hit any islands, and caused no deaths.
2000: Nearly 40 inches (1,000 mm) of rain, partially due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Paul, led to major flooding on the Big Island of Hawaii.
2009: Typhoon Mirinae made landfall in the Vietnamese province of Phú Yên. More than 100 people were killed.
2016: The Himawari 9 geostationary weather satellite, operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency, was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center.