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Tier of the strongest oceanic storms?

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So, I'm thinking of making a few profiles, and one character is described as being the source of all oceanic storms. So, in order to tier him, I was wondering what the strongest hurricane or typhoon or whatever would be classified as
 
The Hurricane Research DiVision gives a figure of 5.2 x 10^19 Joules/day for an average hurricane of 1.5 cm/day of rain, circle radius of 665 km, putting it at 6-C, Island tier. The largest tropical cyclone recorded had a radius (Typhoon Tip) has a radius of 1,110 km, giving it about 2.79 times the area. If a hurricane went on long enough (and they never last more than a month) it could release energy up to High 6-C.
 
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