Portal:Tropical cyclones/Anniversaries/August/8

August 8,

• 1975 - Severe rainfall from Typhoon Nina caused the Banqiao Dam in Henan, China to fail with the resulting floods killing tens of thousands of people. Many more died in subsequent epidemics and famines.
• 1993 - Tropical Storm Bret affects Venezuela which killed a total of 213 people.
• 2012 - Hurricane Ernesto (pictured) weakens to a tropical storm while making its second landfall.