Claim: Typhoon Tip is the strongest typhoon recorded in the North Western Atlantic Ocean in 1979.
Evidence: Typhoon Tip (Warling) Caroline Islands, Philippines, Korean Peninsula, Japan, Northeast China, Soviet Far East, Alaska Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are broadly categorized under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao.