Typhoon in Macao

We know typhoons are impetuous winds that blow in several directions at the same time and cause terrible disturbances, particularly at sea, where it becomes impossible to steer. The Greek word tuphein, which means burn, ignite, is an image of the effects generated by typhoons, whose name derives from the greek verb.
A typhoon violently hit Caste-to-Peak Bay on the night of 30 September to 1 October. The inland port of Macao has been the scene of many accidents and has experienced major disasters in this tempest; it is estimated that several hundred chinese people were drowned in the sinking of junks, and that overall loss amounts to 300,000 piastres. The french three-master Johanna pulled her three anchors and got stranded on what was fortunately only a mudbank.
 
Extract from L’Illustration, N° 773 on 19 December 1857.