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 ...
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 ...
One of the scariest things about Hurricane Helene — an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane ... winds in a tropical cyclone increase at least 30 knots (34.5 mph) in 24 hours.