What Does a Hurricane’s Category Tell Us?
The hurricane scale classifies storms based on wind speeds and predicts potential impacts, which can help people prepare for ...
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Is a Category 3 hurricane a major storm? What to know as Hurricane Helene strengthens
NOAA also notes that hurricanes of all categories can produce deadly storm surge, rain-induced floods and tornadoes. No. The Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale goes up to Category 5. Any hurricane with wind ...
'Uninhabitable for weeks or months': Why Helene's hurricane category matters
A hurricane's category describes potential wind damage but does not describe other deadly hurricane hazards such as storm ...
Hurricane Helene surges to major Category 3 storm, forecast for ‘catastrophic’ Florida landfall
Hurricane Helene intensified into a major Category 3 hurricane on Thursday with 120 mph sustained winds, with the National ...
Helene nears Category 3 major hurricane strength, expected to bring tornado risk to Carolinas
Hurricane Helene continues to strengthen, bringing with it threats of severe weather throughout the Southeastern United States. According to the National Hurricane Center’s 2 p.m. advisory, the storm ...
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Hurricane Helene is upgraded to a 'dangerous' Category 3 storm as it nears Florida
Helene is poised to make landfall on Florida's Big Bend late Thursday. Forecasters warn that the unusually large storm will ...
AOL2d
'Go into hurricane mode now': Helene expected to lash Florida as Category 3 storm this week
He said there is the potential that this storm could further strengthen into a major hurricane, which is a Category 3 on the ... to organize," he said. As of 5 p.m., the system was roughly 450 ...
USA Today3d
'Still suffering': Residents in Florida's new hurricane alley brace for Helene impact
It could also veer west and follow the trajectory of Hurricane Michael, a Category 5 hurricane in 2018 that ... wind patterns – it could have been tornadoes Debbie spun," Curtis sighed. " ...
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Hurricane Francine live updates: Storm brings record rain to New Orleans
An additional 5 ... Category 2 hurricane, with winds between 90 and 100 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. The Category 2 classification begins with winds of 96 mph. Landfall may bring ...
The Washington Post14d
Francine slams Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane
Hurricane Francine strengthened into a Category 2 ... rain and possibly tornadoes upon swaths of Louisiana, Mississippi and other states. Francine made landfall just after 5 p.m. local time ...