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Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) on November 7, 2013, one of the strongest Pacific typhoons ever recorded.. Since 1947, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) has classified all typhoons in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean with wind speeds of at least 130 knots (67 m/s; 150 mph; 240 km/h)—the equivalent of a strong Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson scale, as super typhoons. [1]
The strongest tropical cyclone recorded worldwide, as measured by minimum central pressure, was Typhoon Tip, which reached a pressure of 870 hPa (25.69 inHg) on October 12, 1979. [2] Furthermore, on October 23, 2015, Hurricane Patricia attained the strongest 1-minute sustained winds on record at 185 knots (95 m/s; 215 mph; 345 km/h). [3]
Typhoon Faxai of 2019 impacted Japan, costing damages of an estimated US$10 billion, making it the sixth costliest typhoon on record. [4] The longest duration of a storm to hold in a category of a very strong typhoon this decade was Typhoon Goni of 2015, a year where 12 very strong typhoons developed.
Costliest tropical cyclone: $125 billion (2005 and 2017 USD) in damages: August 29, 2005 August 25, 2017: Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Harvey in the northern Gulf Coast of the United States [5] Costliest tropical cyclone season: ≥$294.803 billion (2017 USD) in damages during the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season: April 19, 2017 – November 9 ...
Muifa made landfall as a strong typhoon in Zhoushan around 8:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday and spread torrential downpours and fierce Muifa becomes the strongest tropical cyclone in recorded ...
Also became the most intense landfalling tropical cyclone on record, impacting with same pressure; Typhoon Goni (2020) – A Category 5-equivalent super typhoon that became the strongest landfalling storm on record, with 1-minute sustained winds of 195 mph (314 km/h) Typhoon Haiyan (2013) - The deadliest Philippine typhoon in modern history ...
Having recorded maximum sustained wind speeds of 230 kilometers per hour (140 miles per hour), Typhoon Yagi was the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane – the world’s second most powerful ...
The typhoon has also surpassed the strength of any storm recorded in 2022, experts say. Typhoon Mawar’s intensification came after a brief ... Typhoon Mawar is the strongest tropical cyclone to ...