These statistics show the power of Super Typhoon Mangkhut

But that's not the only measurement that illustrates the storm's immense strength -- or the threat it poses to those in its path.

Here are some statistics that show how powerful Mangkhut is:

• Mangkhut is the strongest storm anywhere on the planet in 2018, with wind speeds of 285 kph (180 mph).
• Mangkhut's landfall of 165 mph (270 kph) was 75 mph (120 kph) stronger than Hurricane Florence that made landfall in North Carolina on the same day.
• Typhoon-force winds stretched for 270 kilometers (168 miles), the distance between Paris and Brussels.
• It is the strongest storm to make landfall in the Philippines since Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, and the strongest to make landfall on the Philippines' northern island of Luzon since Super Typhoon Megi in 2010.
• On Luzon, more than 30 million people were expected to face tropical storm-force winds.

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