Hurricane Winds

The higher the category the greater the hurricanes potential for property damage.

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A tropical storm becomes a hurricane if its winds reach 119 kmhr 74 mph. This is an area of rotating thunderstorms with winds of 62 kmhr 38 mph or less. Also note that these hurricane force winds continue 6 hours after tropical storm force winds began affecting the coast in figure 1 at 0430 UTC.

Without question trees can become hazardous and pose risks to personal safety and property. The only video to show what it is truly like to live and work on board a ship in a storm. A monster storm explosively intensified in the northern Pacific near Alaskas Aleutian Islands on New Years Eve battering the region with hurricane-force winds heavy seas and torrential rains according to Reuters.

A tropical depression becomes a tropical storm if its winds reach 63 kmhr 39 mph. The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based on a hurricanes sustained wind speed. The storms impact reverberated across the United States and the world its tragedy still ringing fresh after a year.

Hurricane force winds of greater than 65 knots 75 mph affected a large portion of southeast Texas that included the HoustonGalveston area as well as points off to the northeast. Hurricane winds range from 74 miles an hour to 150 miles an hour or more. A hurricane covers a circular area between 200 and 480 miles in diameter.

Category 1 and 2 storms are still dangerous however. In a Category 1 hurricane winds range from 74 to 95 mph. Unleashing Hurricane Force.