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Typhoon Fred (international designation: 9112; JTWC designation: 12W; PAGASA name: Luding) was a mid-season typhoon which made landfall over the Philippines, China and Vietnam during the 1991 Pacific typhoon season. The eighth typhoon of the season, Typhoon Fred organized from a monsoon trough situated to the east of the Central Philippines, a depression formed on the 11th of August. The depression moved across northern Luzon Island, upon entering the South China Sea the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Fred. Fred reached typhoon intensity on the 14th of August as the storm moved south of Hong Kong.

Typhoon Fred reached peak intensity of 110 mi/h shortly before moving across Hainan Island. Fred then turned to the southwest across the Gulf of Tonkin and made a final landfall in northern Vietnam before dissipating. As Typhoon Fred moved south of Hong Kong the oil rig support barge DB29 sank with 195 people on board; 22 people on board the ship were killed. On Hainan Island heavy flooding and landslides from Fred's rains killed 16 people.