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  2. Typhoon Tip - Wikipedia

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    Depictions of Typhoon Tip and Cyclone Tracy (one of the smallest tropical cyclones ever recorded) superimposed on a map of the United States. Typhoon Tip was the largest tropical cyclone on record, with a diameter of 1,380 mi (2,220 km)—almost double the previous record of 700 mi (1,130 km) in diameter set by Typhoon Marge in August 1951.

  3. Portal : Tropical cyclones/Featured article/Typhoon Tip

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    Typhoon Tip was the largest and most intense tropical cyclone on record. The nineteenth tropical storm, twelfth typhoon, and third super typhoon of the 1979 Pacific typhoon season, Tip developed out of a disturbance in the monsoon trough on October 4, near Pohnpei. Initially, a tropical storm to its northwest hindered the development and motion ...

  4. List of the most intense tropical cyclones - Wikipedia

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    Typhoon Tip at its record peak intensity on October 12. The most intense storm by lowest pressure and peak 10-minute sustained winds was Typhoon Tip, which was also the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in terms of minimum central pressure. Storms with a minimum pressure of 899 hPa (26.55 inHg) or less are listed.

  5. List of storms named Tip - Wikipedia

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    Typhoon Tip (1979) (T7921, 23W, Warling) – the most intense and tropical cyclone ever recorded, with a minimum pressure of 870 mb. Tip also remains the largest tropical cyclone worldwide, with a wind diameter up to 1,380 miles (2,220 km) across. Tip weakened to a Category 1 typhoon before making landfall in Japan, killing nearly 100 people.

  6. List of tropical cyclone records - Wikipedia

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    Hurricane/Typhoon John in the northeast and northwest Pacific Ocean [21] [22] Longest lasting Category 4 or 5 winds: 8.25 consecutive days: August 24, 2006 – September 2, 2006: Hurricane/Typhoon Ioke in the northeast and northwest Pacific Ocean [23] Longest lasting Category 5 winds β: 5.50 consecutive days: September 9, 1961 – September 14 ...

  7. Tropical cyclone - Wikipedia

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    Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is called a hurricane (/ ˈ h ʌr ɪ k ən,-k eɪ n /), typhoon (/ t aɪ ˈ f uː n /), tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, or simply cyclone. A hurricane is a strong tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean.

  8. 1979 Pacific typhoon season - Wikipedia

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    The cyclone formed on October 5, and after moving into a very favorable environment for development, quickly strengthened into Super Typhoon Tip on the 11th. On the 12th, Super Typhoon Tip continued to intensify, with winds at 190 miles per hour and central pressure at 870 millibars, the lowest barometric pressure ever recorded from a tropical ...

  9. Typhoon - Wikipedia

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    A typhoon is a tropical cyclone that develops between 180 ... The most intense storm based on minimum pressure was Typhoon Tip in the northwestern Pacific Ocean in ...