The Northern Hemisphere Just Experienced Its First-Ever Category 5 Cyclone in February

Typhoon Wutip at its peak.  GIF: CIMMS

earther.gizmodo.com - by Brian Kahn - February 26, 2019

. . . Typhoon Wutip formed and brushed Guam late last week. That alone made it an oddity in terms of timing and location. But rather than weakening as forecast, the storm blew up into a Category 5 monster over the weekend. That makes Wutip the first Category 5 storm of any kind—typhoon, cyclone, or hurricane—ever recorded in the Northern Hemisphere in February.

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