Check out the graphic below. Super typhoon Nuri is forecast to hit 314 kph winds with 378kph gusts tonight/morning at 7.00am. (3rd Nov.)
Then check the Wikipedia entry below. The world record Typhoon Tip was ”only” 305 kph or 190mph.
Luckily there is no land on Nuri’s present track, I wouldn’t fancy being on a boat.
The record ‘Climate Change’ storm should also miss Japan, though with a deviation of just a few degrees it could hit Fukushima while still at hurricane strength.
Typhoon Tip
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Typhoon Tip, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Warling, was the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded. The nineteenth storm and twelfth typhoon of the 1979 Pacific typhoon season, Tip developed out of a disturbance from the monsoon trough on October 4 near Pohnpei. Initially, a tropical storm to the northwest hindered the development and motion of Tip, though after it tracked farther north Tip was able to intensify. After passing Guam, Tip rapidly intensified and reached peak winds of 305 km/h (190 mph)[nb
This article is about the 1979 typhoon.
| Typhoon (JMA scale) | |
|---|---|
| Category 5 (Saffir–Simpson scale) | |
Typhoon Tip at global peak intensity on October 12, 1979
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| Formed | October 4, 1979 |
| Dissipated | October 24, 1979 |
| (Extratropical after October 19, 1979) | |
| Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 260 km/h (160 mph) 1-minute sustained: 305 km/h (190 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 870 mbar (hPa); 25.69 inHg (Worldwide record low) |
| Fatalities | 99 total |
| Areas affected | Guam, Japan, Soviet Union |
| Part of the 1979 Pacific typhoon season | |
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