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Hurricane Ike (/ a ɪ k /) was a powerful ... (27.6 inches of mercury), making the storm a Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. After peaking in ...
Wind gusts of over 75 mph (121 km/h) were recorded in Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus, which is equivalent to sustained wind levels found in a Category 1 hurricane. [28] The remnants of Ike caused a total of 2.6 million power outages in the state of Ohio, 330,000 of them for over a week.
Hurricane Ike also had a long-term impact on the U.S. economy. [1] Making landfall over Galveston as a Category 2 hurricane, at 2:10 a.m. CDT [2] on September 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike caused extensive damage in Texas, with sustained winds of 110 mph (180 km/h), a 22 ft (6.7 m) storm surge, and widespread coastal flooding. [2] [3] [4]
Wind gusts from Ike were as strong as 74 mph, the same as a Category 1 hurricane. From Hurricane Helene, winds are expected to be from 25 to 35 mph, and gusts of up to 60 mph are possible.
By 10-minute sustained wind speed, the strongest tropical cyclone in the South-West Indian Ocean was Cyclone Fantala. Storms with an intensity of 920 hPa (27.17 inHg) or less are listed. Storm information was less reliably documented and recorded before 1985.
Only 9 had wind speeds at 180 mph (80.5 m/s; 156 kn; 290 km/h) or greater (the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, Allen, Gilbert, Mitch, Rita, Wilma, Irma, Dorian, and Milton). Of the 21 hurricanes currently considered to have attained Category 5 status in the eastern Pacific, only 5 had wind speeds at 175 mph (78 m/s; 152 kn; 282 km/h) or greater ...
Category 1 storms on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale have speeds beginning at 74 mph. One Kentucky county recorded a gust higher.
A hurricane is considered "major" once it reaches wind speeds of 111 miles per hour. Once storms reach hurricane status, they're divided into categories: Category 1: 74-95 mph winds