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What to know about powerful Hurricane Erin as it heads past the US East Coast
Hurricane Erin was creating potentially deadly water conditions all along the East Coast days before the largest waves are expected, even as the strength of the storm weakened on Tuesday. Erin lost some strength and dropped to a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 kph),
How does the Saffir-Simpson scale work? The scale has five categories ranging from Category 1 — with winds from 74 mph to 95 mph to Category 5 — with sustained winds in excess of 155 mph.
If a storm is a Category 3, 4 or 5, it is deemed a "major" hurricane due to the potential for "significant loss of life and ...
Erin a dangerous, large major hurricane. Erin will move east of us through this week leaving us no direct impacts however a DANGEROUS rip current risk this week. At 11 pm, the center of Hurricane Erin ...
The longstanding hurricane rating system, the Saffir-Simpson Scale, only takes into account sustained wind speeds and not the ...
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Explaining the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale - MSN
AUSTIN (KXAN) — As hurricane season is quickly approaching, let’s remind you about the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. This scale is designed to categorize hurricanes based on wind speed ...
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Video: NOAA pilots fly into the eye of Hurricane Erin after extreme intensification
Hurricane Erin reached the maximum intensity on the Saffir-Simpson scale last Saturday (16), becoming a category 5 storm with winds of up to 260 km/h (161 mph).
Travelers on the Outer Banks should be aware of possible disruptions next week caused by Hurricane Erin as it intensified into a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale overnight, ...
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