Editing Typhoon Tip (section)

{{Short description|Pacific typhoon in 1979}}
{{Other hurricanes|List of storms named Tip|the 1979 typhoon|List of storms named Warling}}
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{{Infobox weather event
| name = Typhoon Tip (Warling)
| image = Tip 1979-10-12 0533Z.png
| caption = Tip at its record peak intensity on October 12
| formed = October 4, 1979
| dissipated = October 24, 1979
| extratropical = October 19, 1979
}}{{Infobox weather event/JMA
| winds = 140
| pressure = 870
| pressure-suffix = <br/>(Worldwide record low)
}}{{Infobox weather event/JTWC
| winds = 165
| pressure = 870
| pressure-suffix = <br/>(Worldwide record low)
| basin = WPac
}}{{Infobox weather event/Effects
| year = 1979
| damages = 483940000
| deaths = 99
| areas = [[Caroline Islands]], [[Philippines]], [[Korean Peninsula]], [[Japan]], [[Northeast China]], [[Russian Far East]], [[Alaska]]
}}{{Infobox weather event/Footer
| season = [[1979 Pacific typhoon season]]
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'''Typhoon Tip''', known in the Philippines as '''Super Typhoon Warling''', was the largest and most intense [[tropical cyclone]] ever recorded. The forty-third tropical depression, nineteenth tropical storm, twelfth typhoon, and third [[super typhoon]] of the [[1979 Pacific typhoon season]], Tip developed out of a disturbance within the [[monsoon trough]] on October&nbsp;4 near [[Pohnpei]] in Micronesia. Initially, [[1979 Pacific typhoon season#Tropical Storm Roger (Trining)|Tropical Storm Roger]] to the northwest hindered the development and motion of Tip, though after the storm tracked farther north, Tip was able to intensify. After passing [[Guam]], Tip [[Rapid intensification|rapidly intensified]] and reached peak sustained winds of {{convert|305|km/h|mph|round=5|abbr=on}}<ref group="nb">All wind speeds in the article are [[maximum sustained wind]]s sustained for one minute, unless otherwise noted.</ref> and a worldwide record-low [[atmospheric pressure|sea-level pressure]] of {{convert|870|hPa|inHg|sigfig=4|lk=on|abbr=on}} on October&nbsp;12. At its peak intensity, Tip was the largest tropical cyclone on record, with a wind diameter of {{convert|2220|km|mi|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}. Tip slowly weakened as it continued west-northwestward and later turned to the northeast, in response to an approaching [[trough (meteorology)|trough]]. The typhoon made [[landfall (meteorology)|landfall]] in southern Japan on October&nbsp;19, and became an [[extratropical cyclone]] shortly thereafter. Tip's extratropical remnants continued moving east-northeastward, until they dissipated near the [[Aleutian Islands]] on October 24.
 
[[557th Weather Wing|U.S. Air Force aircraft]] flew 60&nbsp;[[weather reconnaissance]] missions into the typhoon, making Tip one of the most closely observed tropical cyclones.<ref name="jtwc">{{cite journal|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1980)108<1915:AAOSTT>2.0.CO;2|author1=George M. Dunnavan|author2=John W. Dierks|year=1980|issn=1520-0493|title=An Analysis of Super Typhoon Tip (October 1979)|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|journal=Monthly Weather Review|issue=II|volume=108|pages=1915&ndash;1923|bibcode = 1980MWRv..108.1915D |doi-access=free}}</ref> Rainfall from Tip indirectly led to a fire that killed 13&nbsp;[[United States Marine Corps|United States Marines]] and injured 68 at [[Camp Fuji|Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji]] in the [[Shizuoka Prefecture]] of Japan.<ref>{{cite web |last=Little |first=Vince |url=https://www.stripes.com/migration/marines-recall-1979-fire-at-camp-fuji-that-claimed-13-lives-1.70045 |title=Marines recall 1979 fire at Camp Fuji that claimed 13 lives |publisher=Stars and Stripes |date=2007-10-19 |access-date=2016-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017123840/https://www.stripes.com/news/marines-recall-1979-fire-at-camp-fuji-that-claimed-13-lives-1.70045 |archive-date=2018-10-17 |url-status=live }}</ref> Elsewhere in the country, the typhoon caused widespread flooding and 42&nbsp;deaths; offshore shipwrecks left 44&nbsp;people killed or missing.