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

#26 Typhoon Bess (1965)

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Duration: September 25-October 5, 1965
Origin: Pacific Ocean, northeast of Palau
Highest 1-minute Sustained Winds: 175 mph (280 kph)
Lowest central atmospheric pressure: 900 millibars

Typhoon Bess was 1965’s strongest storm of the season, forming northeast of Palau on September 25, 1965, travelling northwest before losing strength and dissipating on October 5, 1965 east of South Korea.

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