Typhoon Choi-wan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ramon was an extraordinarily catastrophic and powerful typhoon, as well as being one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded; devastating portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, in late-November 2015. It is the deadliest and costliest tropical cyclone to hit the Philippines in recorded history, and is the costliest tropical cyclone ever outside the United States. Choi-wan is also the strongest tropical cyclone to strike a major metropolitan area. It is also among the largest tropical cyclones in terms of gale-force wind diameter, surpassing Typhoon Tip in 1979.
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| - Typhoon Choi-wan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ramon was an extraordinarily catastrophic and powerful typhoon, as well as being one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded; devastating portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, in late-November 2015. It is the deadliest and costliest tropical cyclone to hit the Philippines in recorded history, and is the costliest tropical cyclone ever outside the United States. Choi-wan is also the strongest tropical cyclone to strike a major metropolitan area. It is also among the largest tropical cyclones in terms of gale-force wind diameter, surpassing Typhoon Tip in 1979.
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| - Typhoon Choi-wan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ramon was an extraordinarily catastrophic and powerful typhoon, as well as being one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded; devastating portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, in late-November 2015. It is the deadliest and costliest tropical cyclone to hit the Philippines in recorded history, and is the costliest tropical cyclone ever outside the United States. Choi-wan is also the strongest tropical cyclone to strike a major metropolitan area. It is also among the largest tropical cyclones in terms of gale-force wind diameter, surpassing Typhoon Tip in 1979. Choi-wan had its origins over the Western Pacific Ocean, very close to the equator, well south-southeast of Kosrae. It moved to the north-northwest and shifted westerly in track. It later continued its path westwards as it gradually intensifies, but later begins its phase of Rapid deepening and explosive intensification from a category 1 to a category 5 super typhoon in just 24 hours. It weakened to a category 4 before intensifying into a category 5 for the second time for an extended period of time. Choi-wan ravaged the southern tip of Yap as a category 5, making it the strongest to hit the island. It continually intensified moving due westwards while approaching the Philippines. As the typhoon slowly decelerated, it had attained its peak winds of 175 knots (325 km/h; 200 mph) or 10-minute sustained of 165 knots (305 km/h; 190 mph) with a pressure reading of 866 hPa, measured by a reconnaissance flight by a hurricane hunter aircraft. On 1245 UTC, November 23rd, Choi-wan had made landfall over the town of Libjo, Dinagat Islands at peak intensity which made it the strongest ever to make landfall. It had slightly weakened due to land interaction, and made its second landfall over Liloan, Southern Leyte then made several more landfalls over the Visayan Islands.
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