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I am doing a project on hurricanes and I need to know how tall a hurricane can be and what the biggest hurricane was?
Question Date: 2016-02-17
Answer 1:

The largest hurricane ever reported was Typhoon Tip, reaching 2,220 km in diameter. They extend to the tropopause - a layer in the Earth's atmosphere - which on average is about 17 km up at the equator.

Learn more on tropopause here



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