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Saffir-Simpson scale
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How Strong Was Katrina? The Exact Category of the Deadliest Hurricane in U.S. History
The confusion around katrina was what category hurricane stems from a fundamental misunderstanding: the scale measures wind speed, not water’s destructive...
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Understanding Hurricane Katrina’s Category: What It Means Today
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, the framework used to categorize hurricanes, assigns them to five tiers based on sustained wind speeds. But Katrina’s...