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).
No. Hurricanes are a tropical phenomenon. The waters around Denmark are too cold to support hurricanes.
No, Italy does not experience hurricanes. However, the country may occasionally be affected by remnants of tropical storms or cyclones that have weakened as they move across the Mediterranean Sea.
Jupiter has the largest hurricanes.
no hurricanes differ from tornadoes
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