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    violent storm is its wind. A category 1 hurricane has winds up to 75-95 mph. But a category 4 hurricane can exceed wind speeds of 131-156 mph. Category 5 hurricane has wind speeds of 157 mph or

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    A hurricane is a tropical storm with winds that spiral inward. A hurricane rotates in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction due to a phenomenon that is known as the Coriolis effect. This video can tell you how it affects the spin of a hurricane. It's wind speeds that go over 64 knots or 118km/h. A hurricane can be 900km long and can last a week.This phenomenon is known as a cyclone in the Indian Ocean, but they are also named hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean and typhoons in the Far East. How

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    waters and can have incredible wind speeds of 120-250 kilometers per hour. In addition, they can create devastating damage to buildings and human lives alike. This turbulent phenomenon has a four stage life, beginning from tropical disturbances. Not all storms can get through all 4 stages or can reach land. During this first stage, the tropical disturbances are created in warm waters with a surface temperature of 26.5 degrees Celsius. Once this storm reaches a wind speed of 61 kilometers an hour, they

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    houses being destroyed. Hurricanes can also be called typhoons or cyclones in different parts of the world. The eye is the calmest part of a hurricane. It is believed that the skies are mostly clear of rain, wind, and clouds in the eye. The hurricanes form an eye because when a little bit of wind starts to move in a circle it creates an eye wall. Then that descending air flows through the eye and that is why there is clear skies. These tropical storms usually form by the equator and move north from

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    Southeast Asia. On average, the “Hurricane Season” begins on June 1 and ends on November 30. A Hurricane’s intensity is measured on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. A storm is classified as a hurricane when its wind speed goes above 74 mph (NOAA 2014). A hurricane is classified on a 1 to 5 category, based on its maximum wind speed. The higher the category, the greater the hurricane is potential for damage. A hurricane forms over warm waters near the equator. A hurricane goes through four

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    The Florida Building Code, Building. So based on R301.2.1.1 we look to the 2004 Florida Building Code – Building for our nailing pattern. For wind speeds greater than 100 mph we have to look at the 2004 Florida Building Code – Building, and within Table 2304.9.1 for wind speeds great that 100 mph the nailing pattern is 6-inches along the edges and 6-inches within the field and 4-inches along the edge strip.  This nailing pattern is deemed to comply with current

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    both. They both have similarities and differences in wind speed, appearance, and their locations that they happen in. To start off, hurricanes and tornadoes have deathly strong winds. During a hurricanes , wind speed can get up to 300 miles per hour.(Source 4). That is faster than a cheetah. There fore, it is strong enough to blow a roof off a house. In fact, tornados get no where close to the wind speed. According to Source 4, there winds speeds can rang from 74mph-150 mph. But I don’t think that

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    the frequency and severity of our natural disasters. According to the report published in 2012 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the “[a]verage tropical cyclone maximum wind speed is likely to increase.” This has already come to pass, with recent years seeing the strongest recorded wind speeds of tropical cyclones. Additionally, the rate at which both Category 4 and 5 hurricanes appear around the world has essentially doubled since the 1970s. What is the difference though? Is a

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    Tornado Vs Hurricanes

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    cyclone! Tornados and hurricanes are similar in many ways, however, they are also different in many ways. How long their watches and warnings are, are different, and their damages are different. However, the way they spin and the strength of their winds are the same. Furthermore, the tornado watches are only up to about an hour or two. However, hurricanes watches can be as long as two days. There is a big variance between the two. To be precise the difference between the watch of a tornado and the

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    thing on the planet. Hurricanes have parts, have been categorized, and speed (mph) . A hurricane is categorized by its wind speed using the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, there are 5 categories with category one being the slowest and category five being the fastest. Category one is when the hurricane Winds are 119 to 153 km per hour (74 to 95 mph) which is faster than a cheetah, Category five is when the hurricane Winds are Winds more than 252 km per hour (157 mph) which is similar, or close,

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