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Hurricane Patricia — although technically a cyclone because of obscure naming traditions regarding storms in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans — just made history.
A U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane measured Patricia’s wind speed at 200 mph, and its barometric pressure at 880 mb.
The wind speed is the fastest sustained speed ever recorded by a storm, and its pressure is the second-lowest ever, a number not seen anywhere in over 30 years. More amazingly, it was just a tropical storm yesterday, growing to a Category 5 in 24 hours.
source: http://www.brobible.com/life/article/hurricane-patricia-strongest-ever/
