Hurricane Otis struck very near Acapulco, Mexico, as a monster 165 mile-per-hour category 5 cyclone. About 24-hours before landfall, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) was predicting it would do so ...
A hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone that ... from rip currents. Category5 hurricanes are the most powerful type of storm on Earth. They can cause catastrophic damage with wind speeds ...
As Hurricane Florence neared the North Carolina coast in 2018, it was repeatedly "downgraded"—from a Category ... and 5—lesser-ranked storms can still cause catastrophic damage.
That's a leap of about two categories on the Saffir-Simpson scale, which measures hurricane strength and potential damage ... Category5 hurricane in just 24 hours. With maximum sustained winds ...