#5 Typhoon Tip (1979)

Duration: October 4-24, 1979
Origin: West Pacific
Highest 1-minute Sustained Winds: 190 mph (306 kph)
Lowest central atmospheric pressure: 870 millibars

Although Typhoon Tip appears #8 on this list based on wind speed, it is notable that the super typhoon holds the #1 position as the strongest tropical cyclone in history when it comes to central pressure, bottoming out at a jaw-dropping 870 millibars. It also holds the record for the largest tropical cyclone with a wind spread of 1,380 miles (2,220 km), almost half the size of the United States mainland. All-in-all, the Category 5 super typhoon left 99 dead.

#4 Typhoon Haiyan (2013)

Duration: November 3-11, 2013
Origin: east-southeast of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia
Highest 1-minute Sustained Winds: 195 mph (315 kph)
Lowest central atmospheric pressure: 895 millibars

Typhoon Haiyan, was one of the most powerful and destructive tropical cyclones on record, devastating portions of Southeast Asia particularly the Philippines. Also known as super typhoon Yolanda, the Philippine’s deadliest typhoon in its history, it killed 6,300 people, mostly in the city of Tacloban, Leyte. Bodies were still being found 3 months after the typhoon struck.