Super Typhoon Meranti, the strongest storm on Earth this year, nears Taiwan
 

Super Typhoon Meranti, the strongest storm on Earth this year, nears Taiwan
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Super Typhoon Meranti reached an extraordinary peak intensity on Tuesday morning eastern time, becoming the strongest storm recorded anywhere on the planet this year, with estimated maximum sustained winds of 185 miles per hour.

Wind gusts in the storm's most intense inner core are estimated to be above 220 miles per hour, which would be capable of stripping trees of their leaves and producing catastrophic damage on most human-made structures.*

SEE ALSO: Category 5 Super Typhoon Meranti is strongest storm of 2016 season


Super Typhoon Meranti beat out Super Typhoon Nepartak, which had 180-mile-per-hour winds, and Cyclone Winston, which also peaked at 180 miles per hour, to become the strongest storm of 2016 so far.* Read more...

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