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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Babs (1998)
11 October 1998 · Western Pacific · Category 4
Typhoon Babs formed in the Western Pacific basin on 11 October 1998 and lasted 18 days. Its sustained winds reached 250 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 940 hPa. It made landfall in the Philippines.
- Formed
- 11 October 1998
- Dissipated
- 30 October 1998
- Duration
- 18 days
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 250 km/h (135 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 940 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 4Philippines241 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Typhoon Zeb287 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Todd241 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Rex213 km/h
- Cat. 3Typhoon Otto185 km/h
- Cat. 2Typhoon Faith167 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth