Typhoon Tip is in category 5

Supertyphoon Tip

The typhoon formed out of a disturbance in a monsoon trough on October the 4 near Pohnpei

Typhoon Tip.

Typhoon Tip was larger than Hurricane Ivan. Typhoon Tip holds the record for the largest tropical cyclone ever recorded, although there may have been a larger storm before there was reliable instruments and records of hurricanes and tropical cyclones. Typhoon Tip was about the size of half of the continental United States, while Hurricane Ivan was actually more typical sized for a strong category 5 hurricane.