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Average wind speed in excess of 70mph. It was with that dodgy definition that Michael Fish defended his failure to forecast a hurricane hitting England in 1987.

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To be classified as a hurricane, a tropical cyclone must have sustained winds of at least 74 mph (119 km/h). Hurricanes are further categorized based on wind speeds: Category 1 (74-95 mph), Category 2 (96-110 mph), Category 3 (111-129 mph), Category 4 (130-156 mph), and Category 5 (157 mph or higher).

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