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Hurricanes of
the Atlantic Category 1
Slight wind on shore,
The Indians of Guatemala which makes it
called their god of storms breezy but does not
Huracan. Christopher cause any damage.
Columbus wrote about
the violent winds that Category 2
had tossed his ships and Wind causes the
frightened his sailors. water to move in
They must have been on the shore, which
referring to a hurricane! might damage small
boats in unprotected
Measuring a hurricane harbours.
Weather people have created
a scale on which they can
measure the intensity of a
hurricane. This is called Category 3
the Saffir-Simpson scale, Small buildings
and it rates hurricanes from along the coastline
Category 1 to Category 5. can be destroyed
Category 1: Wind speed is by flooding and by
floating debris.
119–153 kilometres per hour.
Damage can be caused to
mobile homes like tents and
caravans, and to trees and
shrubs. Some flooding can
occur along the coastline. Category 4
Houses on the coast
Category 2: Wind speed get submerged, and
is 154–177 kilometres per there is flooding
hour. There is some damage up to ten kilometres
to roofs and windows of inland.
buildings and severe damage
to mobile homes and trees.
Severe coastal flooding
occurs two to three hours Category 5
before the storm strikes. Small buildings get
Category 3: Wind speed is blown away, and
bigger buildings
178–209 kilometres per hour. suffer severe
Small houses and buildings damage up to
are damaged. Mobile homes sixteen kilometres
are destroyed. inland.
TICKER In the US, Hurricane Hunters are planes that fly into hurricanes to find out temperature, air
the Atlantic Category 1
Slight wind on shore,
The Indians of Guatemala which makes it
called their god of storms breezy but does not
Huracan. Christopher cause any damage.
Columbus wrote about
the violent winds that Category 2
had tossed his ships and Wind causes the
frightened his sailors. water to move in
They must have been on the shore, which
referring to a hurricane! might damage small
boats in unprotected
Measuring a hurricane harbours.
Weather people have created
a scale on which they can
measure the intensity of a
hurricane. This is called Category 3
the Saffir-Simpson scale, Small buildings
and it rates hurricanes from along the coastline
Category 1 to Category 5. can be destroyed
Category 1: Wind speed is by flooding and by
floating debris.
119–153 kilometres per hour.
Damage can be caused to
mobile homes like tents and
caravans, and to trees and
shrubs. Some flooding can
occur along the coastline. Category 4
Houses on the coast
Category 2: Wind speed get submerged, and
is 154–177 kilometres per there is flooding
hour. There is some damage up to ten kilometres
to roofs and windows of inland.
buildings and severe damage
to mobile homes and trees.
Severe coastal flooding
occurs two to three hours Category 5
before the storm strikes. Small buildings get
Category 3: Wind speed is blown away, and
bigger buildings
178–209 kilometres per hour. suffer severe
Small houses and buildings damage up to
are damaged. Mobile homes sixteen kilometres
are destroyed. inland.
TICKER In the US, Hurricane Hunters are planes that fly into hurricanes to find out temperature, air
