List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes - Wikipedia
WEBBased on the Atlantic hurricane database, 144 hurricanes have attained Category 4 hurricane status since 1851, the start of modern meteorological record keeping. Category 4 storms are considered extreme hurricanes.
Hurricane Categories: What Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Mean - TIME
WEBSep 19, 2017 · Hurricane Ian, which hit Florida in 2022 and was the costliest hurricane in Florida’s history, was a Category 4 hurricane when it made landfall, weakening from a Category 5 prior. Category 5...
Understanding Hurricane Category 4 and Its Impact
WEBAug 18, 2023 · Category 4 hurricanes are capable of inflicting catastrophic damage with strong winds, flooding and power outages. The National Hurricane Center plays an essential role in monitoring, predicting and providing accurate information about hurricanes to help communities prepare for them.
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale - National Hurricane Center
WEBThe Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based only on a hurricane's maximum sustained wind speed. This scale does not take into account other potentially deadly hazards such as storm surge, rainfall flooding, and tornadoes.
35 years later, Hurricane Hugo remains last major storm to make …
WEB4 days ago · CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – September 21, 1989… Powerful category four Hurricane Hugo began lashing the South Carolina coast. The storm made landfall just north of Charleston around midnight the ...
Here’s what the hurricane categories mean - CNN
WEBAug 29, 2023 · • Hurricane Ian made landfall in September 2022 along the southwest Florida coast as a Category 4 storm. It killed 150 people and became the costliest storm on record in Florida.
What is a Category 4 hurricane? - FOX Weather
WEBApr 17, 2024 · A hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130-156 mph is considered to be a Category 4 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. A Category 4 hurricane is capable of catastrophic damage and is only one category from becoming what is considered the strongest of all storms.
Category:Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes - Wikipedia
WEBThese Atlantic hurricanes reached Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale at their peak.
Hurricane Beryl Now Category 4 | Weather.com - The Weather …
WEBJun 30, 2024 · Hurricane Beryl has rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. Here's the latest update as of 11:35 a.m. EDT Sunday.
Saffir–Simpson scale - Wikipedia
WEBThe Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS) classifies hurricanes—which in the Western Hemisphere are tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical storms—into five categories distinguished by the intensities of their sustained winds.This measuring system was formerly known as the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale, or SSHS.