OnThisDay 1979, Typhoon #Tip (Philippine name: #Warling) reached its peak intensity and became the largest and most intense tropical cyclone in history. It reached a maximum 10-min sustained winds of up to
![AccuWeather on Twitter: "This week in 1979, the most powerful tropical storm in the history of weather records, Typhoon Tip, churned in the western Pacific. https://t.co/klVDOdMfxg" / Twitter AccuWeather on Twitter: "This week in 1979, the most powerful tropical storm in the history of weather records, Typhoon Tip, churned in the western Pacific. https://t.co/klVDOdMfxg" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGts_2TWwAAkZJE.jpg)
AccuWeather on Twitter: "This week in 1979, the most powerful tropical storm in the history of weather records, Typhoon Tip, churned in the western Pacific. https://t.co/klVDOdMfxg" / Twitter
![Typhoon Tip, largest tropical cyclone ever recorded, overlayed over the western hemisphere : r/MapPorn Typhoon Tip, largest tropical cyclone ever recorded, overlayed over the western hemisphere : r/MapPorn](https://preview.redd.it/vxart2yjajw21.png?auto=webp&s=82f0d86e3f347adb0a9432e75f14424b52e5a8e7)