Super Typhoon Zeb (international designation: 9810, JTWC designation: 18W, PAGASA name: Typhoon Iliang) was a very powerful Category 5 typhoon with a minimum central pressure reading of 872 millibars and 180 mph sustained winds, making it one of five Pacific storms tied for the second most intense tropical cyclone on record.
Zeb formed out of a low pressure system that emerged from a monsoon trough. The low then became a tropical depression south...
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