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What Are the Hurricane Categories and What Do They Mean? Here's a Breakdown of the Scale and Wind Speeds
The scale ranks storms by wind speed and damage, and the National Hurricane Center says Category 3 to 5 hurricanes are major storms.
Summary by CBS News
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Phenomena such as hurricane "Polo" are classified by categories; how is the force with which they will impact determined?
As for hurricanes, have you ever wondered what their categories mean? And is that we always hear that “Chuchita” is Category 5 or that “Panchito” is mild because it is hardly Category 1. Well, here we explain a little bit what each one consists of. Useless but interesting detail? The only difference between a typhoon and a hurricane is the location. On this side of the planet we call them hurricanes, in Asia—especially in the Pacific—they are ty…
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Total News Sources4
Leaning Left0Leaning Right1Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution67% Center
Bias Distribution
- 67% of the sources are Center
67% Center
C 67%
R 33%
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