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August 30

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1878: A record flood killed almost 400 people in and around Miskolc, Hungary.

2003: A flash flood along Jacobs Creek killed 6 people on Interstate 35 in Kansas, near the town of Emporia.

2008: Hurricane Gustav made landfall in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. A weather station recorded a wind gust of 184 knots (212 mph; 341 km/h), which at the time was thought to be the strongest wind gust from a tropical cyclone on record.