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December 17

• 1944 - Typhoon Cobra hit the United States Navy Fast Carrier Task Force east of Luzon in the Philippine Sea. The storm sank three destroyers and killed 790 sailors.
• 2020 - Cyclone Yasa (pictured) makes landfall over Fiji, killing 4 people. It holds the fourth most intense tropical cyclone in the South Pacific basin, with a minimum barometric pressure of 899 hPa (26.55 inHg).