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Hurricane Jimena track and update 2 years 38 weeks ago

Hurricane Jimena was nearly a category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 155 miles per hour. An update on Hurricane Jimena’s track locates the eye of the storm approximately 305 miles south of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Moving at a rate of 10 miles per hour, Hurricane Jimena’s track is following a northwest pattern, and it is expected to turn north-northwest within the next 24 hours. Hurricane Jemina is expected to pick up speed over the next few days as it travels along its projected path.

Surviving a Hurricane and other disasters, a common sense approach 2 years 7 weeks ago

The term ‘hurricane’ is applied to a storm which has windspeeds greater than 74 miles per hour. Beneath that speed the weather system is called a tropical storm. Over 98 m/p/h it is considered a Category 2, over 110 m/p/h it is a Cat 3. When the winds reach 131 m/p/h it is Cat 4, and over 140, it is a Category 5.

All the latest news...: Tropical Storm Erika latest info : reddit.com 2 years 38 weeks ago

MIAMI — A swirl of bad weather developed into Tropical Storm Erika Tuesday just east of the Caribbean basin near the northern Leeward Islands, the US National Hurricane Center said.

Island governments across the region issued storm watches in preparation for the arrival of Erika, which at 2100 GMT was moving west-northwest at a steady nine miles (15 kilometers) per hour, the Miami-based NHC said.

Maximum sustained winds were almost 50 miles per hour (85 kilometers per hour), and "some slow strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days," the center said.

Hurricane Ida rips into Nicaragua coast 2 years 28 weeks ago

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Hurricane Ida ripped into Nicaragua's Atlantic coast on Thursday, destroying homes, damaging schools and downing bridges before losing steam and becoming a tropical storm.

Ida, clocking 75 mph (125 kph) winds, struck land around sunrise in Tasbapauni, about 60 miles northeast of Bluefields, said meteorologist Dennis Feltgen of the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.

What are tornadoes? 2 years 4 weeks ago

Tornadoes are nature’s most violent storms; having destructive winds in excess of 250 mph they can destroy anything in their path. The wind speed of the tornado determines how the tornado is rated on the Fujita scale or EF scale.

EF-0 65-85 mph winds EF-1 86-110 mph winds

EF-2 111-135 mph winds EF-3 136-165 mph winds

EF-4 166-200 mph winds EF-5 over 200 mph winds.

Luckily over 95 % of all tornadoes are EF-2 or lower. Not that an EF-2 can’t do significant damage but people