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September 1

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1958: Hurricane Ella made landfall on the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti, killing 30 people in Les Cayes.

1962: Typhoon Wanda struck Hong Kong, killing 434 people.

1981: Typhoon Agnes began impacting South Korea, dropping more than 700 millimetres (28 in) of rain in spots and killing 113 people in the country.

1984: Typhoon Ike struck Siargao Island in the Philippines, killing more than 1,300 people and leaving more than 200,000 homeless.

1988: Under the name WeatherNow, The Weather Network began broadcasting in Montreal, Quebec.