Top 10 strongest typhoons, hurricanes in history

By Xu Lin
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 Typhoon Tip（台风泰培）





Typhoon Tip hit Guam and Japan with a speed of 190 mph (305 km/h) on Oct. 12, 1979. It formed out of a disturbance in a monsoon on the 4th near Pohnpei, and dissipated on the 19th. Tip was the 12th typhoon and 19th tropical storm of the 1979 Pacific typhoon season.

Around 100 people were killed and damages for the agricultural and fishing industries came to millions of dollars.

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