Typhoon Ida (1966)
Typhoon Ida was a deadly typhoon that struck Japan in late-September 1966. The twenty-sixth tropical storm, the twenty-third named tropical disturbance and the fifteenth typhoon of the 1966 Pacific typhoon season, Ida originated from a tropical wave east of the Mariana Islands on September 21, which became a tropical depression the following day.
| Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Surface analysis of Typhoon Ida on September 24 | |
| Formed | September 22, 1966 |
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| Dissipated | September 26, 1966 |
| (Extratropical after September 25, 1966) | |
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 185 km/h (115 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 960 hPa (mbar); 28.35 inHg |
| Fatalities | 275-318 total |
| Damage | Unknown |
| Areas affected | Japan |
| Part of the 1966 Pacific typhoon season | |
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