Typhoon Gay, also referred to as the Kavali Cyclone of 1989, caused 833 deaths and ฿11.7 billion of damage around the Gulf of Thailand, particularly in Chumphon Province. Described at the time as the worst typhoon to hit the Malay Peninsula in 35 years, Gay was a small but incredibly powerful cyclone, hitting Chumpon with winds of 115 miles/hour. Its unpredictably rapid development lead to many offshore deaths on vessels in the Gulf of Thailand, and it continued to cause carnage until it made landfall in India.