Typhoon Kit (1966)
Satellite image of Typhoon Kit | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | June 20, 1966 |
| Dissipated | June 29, 1966 |
| Unknown-strength storm | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Lowest pressure | 880 hPa (mbar); 25.99 inHg |
| Category 5-equivalent super typhoon | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 315 km/h (195 mph) |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 64 |
| Missing | 19 |
| Areas affected | Japan |
Part of the 1966 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Kit, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Emang, was one of the most intense tropical cyclones on record, and is tied for the seventh-most intense typhoon in the Western Pacific basin. Kit was the fifth tropical depression, fourth typhoon, and the first super typhoon of the 1966 Pacific typhoon season.