Typhoon Kit (1966)

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Typhoon Kit (Emang)

Satellite image of Typhoon Kit
Meteorological history
Formed	June 20, 1966
Dissipated	June 29, 1966
Unknown-strength storm
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Lowest pressure	880 hPa (mbar); 25.99 inHg
Category 5-equivalent super typhoon
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds	315 km/h (195 mph)
Overall effects
Fatalities	64
Missing	19
Areas affected	Japan
Part of the 1966 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Kit, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Emang, was one of the most intense tropical cyclones on record, and is tied for the seventh-most intense typhoon in the Western Pacific basin. Kit was the fifth tropical depression, fourth typhoon, and the first super typhoon of the 1966 Pacific typhoon season.