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Super Typhoon Haiyan may have the highest wind speed of any storm to ever make landfall. Winds were blowing 195mph with gusts up to 220mph when the storm first hit the Philippines today. Wind speed in this range are extremely rare. Only 3 storm have ever been recorded with wind speeds near this magnitue: Hurricane Camille in 1969, Super Typhoon Tip in 1979, and Hurricane Allen in 1980. The Philippines are being hit by Haiyan […]