It was small as the city of Darwin.
2007-01-26 15:56:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Good question. I agree it may be Tracy but Typhoon Rose in the western north Pacific which came ashore in Hong Kong around 1972 was a very tiny storm, and may actually have been smaller than Tracy. I was on Guam at the time doing research into Typhoons using satellite data. But unfortunately size does not determine the extent of damage. Rose did very great damage to Hong Kong harbor. This storm was of course well documented in the Annual Typhoon Report published by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center on Guam at that time (it is now located at Pearl Harbor).
2007-01-27 03:22:17 · answer #1 · answered by 1ofSelby's 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On record, Typhoon Tip (1979) was the largest storms with gale force winds (39 mph) that extended out for 675 miles (1087 km) in radius in the Northwest Pacific on 12 October, 1979. The smallest storm was Tropical Cyclone Tracy with gale force winds that only extended 30 miles (48 km) radius when it struck Darwin, Australia, on December 24, 1974.
2007-01-27 00:09:24 · answer #2 · answered by paul13051956 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋