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Super Typhoon Landfall Was Most Powerful... Ever
2013-11-08 07:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Common Dream: Super Typhoon Haiyan slammed the central islands of the Phillipines overnight and with sustained winds of nearly 200 mph the ferocious storm fulfilled fears that it would go down as the world's most powerful tropical storm to make landfall in all recorded history. According to meteorologist Jeff Masters, citing wind speed estimates from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC, "Haiyan had winds of 190-195 mph at landfall, making it the strongest tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in world...
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