Typhoon Tip

Typhoon Tip ( in Japan: Typhoon No. 20 of the year Shōwa 54) of 1979 was the strongest and largest tropical cyclone that has ever been observed. It caused severe flooding throughout Japan and sunken at the eastern Chinese coast, and especially in the Philippines numerous ships. However, it is possible that there have been more powerful storms even before the launch of weather stations and especially prior to the development of the deep sea, but were not registered.

The typhoon formed in the Pacific Northwest on October 5, 1979 as Tropical Depression 23 A day later, he was classified as a tropical storm and was on the 9th of October at a typhoon. Just two days later, he was still more by his stay warm water; on October 11, he was a " super typhoon ", ie a storm of category 5 The air pressure dropped from 996 to 898 mbar. Meanwhile, he had a diameter of 2200 km. On October 12, he reached wind speeds of up to 305 km / h and an air pressure of 870 mbar. But the deep air pressure at the center of a tropical cyclone is able to raise sea level by more than one meter. In addition, the wind hertreibt a several meters high storm surge imagine what can have on coastal areas disastrous consequences.

On October 19, Typhoon Tip touched the Japanese island Honshu and cost 86 people their lives. Both agriculture and the fishing was hard hit with millions in damages.

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• More data to Typhoon Tip ( English)
• Track of Hurricane Typhoon Tip
• Kishō-chō/JMA :昭和54年 台风 第20号(Japanese)

• Tropical Cyclone