User:Icelandic Hurricane/Sandbox/Typhoon Keith (1997)
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| Typhoon (JMA) | |||
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| Category 5 super typhoon (SSHS) | |||
 Typhoon Keith near peak intensity while approaching the Marianas on October 31, 1997 |
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| Formed | October 22, 1997 | ||
| Dissipated | November 10, 1997 (JTWC) November 9, 1997 (JMA)[1] |
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| Lowest pressure | 872 mbar (hPa) | ||
| Damage | $200 million (USD) [2] | ||
| Fatalities | None reported | ||
| Areas affected |
Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands, open northwest Pacific | ||
| Part of the 1997 Pacific typhoon season |
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Typhoon Keith was the twenty-seventh named storm, seventeenth typhoon, and tenth super typhoon of the active 1997 Pacific typhoon season, and the seventh typhoon of the season that reached Category 5 status (Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale) and the eighth typhoon to have winds of 110 knots (ten-minute sustained JMA) or greater during the season, a record number of significant typhoons.
[edit] Storm history
Keith formed
[edit] References
- ^ Japan Meteorological Agency. JMA "best track" information on Typhoon Keith. Japan Meteorological Agency. Retrieved on September 16, 2006.
- ^ HAM radio: damage estimates from Keith (USD)
