Categories of Hurricane
Categories |
Wind speed(mph) |
Damage at Landfall |
1 |
74-95 |
Minimum |
2 |
96-110 |
Moderate |
3 |
111-129 |
Extensive |
4 |
130-156 |
Extreme |
5 |
157 or above |
Catastrophic |
What is Hurricane?
Among tropical cyclones, a hurricane is one of them. A tropical cyclone is a weather system that rotates rapidly. It is characterized by a low-pressure centre and a closed atmospheric circulation at low elevations. It also has an arrangement of thunderstorms which is a spiral that produces heavy rain. A hurricane occurs in the northeast of the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the northwest of the Pacific Ocean, or in the Indian Ocean. The biggest and most destructive storms on Earth are hurricanes.
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