Meteorological history | |
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Formed | August 28, 1966 |
Dissipated | September 7, 1966 |
Typhoon | |
10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
Lowest pressure | 918 hPa (mbar); 27.11 inHg |
Category 5-equivalent super typhoon | |
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
Highest winds | 280 km/h (175 mph) |
Overall effects | |
Fatalities | 272 |
Missing | 52 |
IBTrACS | |
Part of the 1966 Pacific typhoon season |
Typhoon Cora, also known as the 2nd Miyako-jima Typhoon (第2宮古島台風) in Japan,[1][2] was a typhoon that hit the Ryūkyū Islands in 1966.