Typhoon Bess

Typhoon Bess was a large and powerful tropical cyclone that affected parts of the Northern Mariana Islands, Far eastern Russia and Alaska in September and October 1965. Bess was the strongest of eleven systems labelled as a super typhoon by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) in the 1965 Pacific typhoon season, and was also the strongest known tropical cyclone globally in 1965.

Typhoon Bess has an unknown impact on the Mariana Islands, as records of damage at the time were not kept well and were likely mixed up with Typhoon Carmen, which was said to have a major impact on the island just a few days after Bess.