Typhoon Nancy

Super Typhoon Nancy (international designation: 6118) was a powerful tropical cyclone of the 1961 Pacific typhoon season. The system with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, Nancy caused extensive damage and at least 173 deaths and thousands of injuries in Japan and elsewhere in September 1961. The destruction was so heavy that the Japan Meteorological Agency gave the typhoon its own special name, one of only eight s... more

Tropical Cyclone

Formed:

  • Sep 7, 1961

Dissipated:

  • Sep 17, 1961
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