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

#23 Typhoon Wilda (1964)

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Duration: September 16-25, 1964
Origin: Pacific Ocean, northeast of the Philippines
Highest 1-minute Sustained Winds: 175 mph (280 kph)
Lowest central atmospheric pressure: 895 millibars

Classified as a Category-5 supertyphoon, Wilda started gaining peak strength on September 21, 1964 and steadily lost its strength as it travelled north-northeast barrelling towards southern Japan where it left 42 people dead due to the massive flooding caused by its rains.