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Category 4 is the second-highest hurricane classification category on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale, and storms that are of this intensity maintain maximum sustained winds of 113–136 knots (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h). Based on the Atlantic hurricane database, 144 hurricanes have attained Category 4 hurricane status since 1851, the ...
Category 4 is the second highest classification on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale and the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale. The following lists show tropical cyclones that have reached that intensity in Earth's ocean basins. List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes; List of Category 4 Pacific hurricanes
These Atlantic hurricanes reached Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale at their peak. Subcategories. This category has the following 10 ...
Hurricanes in categories 3, 4 and 5 are considered major hurricanes due to their potential for significant loss of life and damage. Even Category 1 hurricanes can be dangerous and require preparation.
These tropical cyclones reached Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale or the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale at their peak. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category 4 tropical cyclones .
Once a tropical storm strengthens into a hurricane, it earns a category designation on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale: 1 through 5.
So an intensity of 115 kn is rated Category 4, but the conversion to miles per hour (132.3 mph) would round down to 130 mph, making it appear to be a Category 3 storm. Likewise, an intensity of 135 kn (~155 mph, and thus Category 4) is 250.02 km/h, which, according to the definition used before the change would be Category 5.
Photos show devastation in Philippines from super typhoon Man-yi, the fourth typhoon to hit the nation in less than two weeks. ... which is the same as a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean ...