Remember that after an event has occured it takes on the average of 72 hours for electricity and telephone lines to be restored. A Hurricane is a severe storm whose winds have reached or exceed 74 miles per hour. At this time, the hurricane is given a name, for example Hurricane Hugo. The strength of a hurricane is measured by what meteorologists call the Saffir-Simpson Scale. The Saffir Simpson Scale tells how much damage a hurricane might cause to ourselves and personal property.
Hurricanes cause severe winds, storm surges, flooding, and sometimes even tornadoes .
The damage caused by high winds is measured by the Saffir- Simpson Scale . Trees, telephone poles, and houses can all be severly damaged by the wind. Other dangerous outcomes of hurricanes are storm surges and flooding. As a hurricane approaches strong winds can also cause the sea level to rise, producing large waves called storm surges. Storm surges can reach as high as 18 feet or more.