30 of the Most Powerful Tropical Weather Systems Ever Recorded in History

#3 Typhoon Ida (1958)

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Duration: September 20-30, 1958
Origin: Western Pacific near Guam
Highest 1-minute Sustained Winds: 200 mph (325 kph)
Lowest central atmospheric pressure: 877 millibars

Typhoon Ida, also known as the Kanogawa Typhoon was one of the strongest tropical cyclones recorded and also the sixth deadliest typhoon to reach Japan, making landfall on southeastern Honshu. Ida brought massive flooding resulting in mudslides which were recorded at 1,900 incidents. The typhoon caused an estimated $50 million in damages and took the lives of 1,269 people

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