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Hurricane safety: What are hurricane categories and what do they mean?

The East Coast is no stranger to hurricanes and the destruction that follows. The Saffir-Simpson scale was developed to help ...

Hurricane categories explained: How storms are rated

When hurricanes form, the category number is often the first thing people want to know. It's important to understand what the ...
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What Do Hurricane Categories Really Mean?

If you happen to turn on the news during hurricane season and a storm is a-brewin,' there's a good chance that one of the anchors will mention a tropical storm has been upgraded and is now designated ...

Here's what the hurricane categories mean

When hurricanes form, the category number is often the first thing people want to know, and it's important to understand what ...
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What does a hurricane's 'category' mean, and how do meteorologists determine it?

With hurricane season in full swing, there's a lot of talk from meteorologists about hurricane "categories." What do they mean, and what do they tell us about a storm? It turns out, a hurricane's ...
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What do the hurricane categories mean?

TAMPA, Fla. — Hurricane categories are measured by the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, originally developed by wind engineer Herb Saffir and meteorologist Bob Simpson, according to the National ...