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messages warning people as the typhoon was approaching andurging them to stock up on food and water ... summer season, gathering strength in the Pacific or the South China Sea.(19) The deadliest storm to ... a severe typhoon with sustained winds of 100 mph when it reached land. (15) The storm weakened further