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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Bing (1997)
24 August 1997 · Western Pacific · Category 4
Typhoon Bing formed in the Western Pacific basin on 24 August 1997 and lasted 13 days. Its sustained winds reached 250 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 940 hPa.
- Formed
- 24 August 1997
- Dissipated
- 6 September 1997
- Duration
- 13 days
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 250 km/h (135 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 940 hPa
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- Cat. 5Typhoon Isa269 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Ginger269 km/h
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Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth