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How can a category 2 hurricane cause more damage than a category 5 hurricane?
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∙ 13y ago
Although stronger hurricanes are usually more damaging, this is not always the case.
A slow moving weak hurricane or even a tropical storm can drop an enormous amount of rain almost on one area. This can lead to very heavy flooding and cause massive amounts of damage.
Additionally, most category 5 hurricanes do not make landfall at category 5 strength.
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Why is eyewall of a hurricane can cause more damage?
It holds the highest speed winds
Is a hurricane bad or a tornado?
Both natural disasters are equally terrible. Magnitude may affect how badly humans, animals, and the environment are affected. Hurricanes are classified by wind speed... A Category 1 hurricane would have winds up to 95 mph winds, while a Category 5 hurricane would have greater than 156 mph winds. A tornado is classified a little differently... according to the Fujita Scale, a tornado is classified by damage. Both a hurricane and a tornado have the potential to cause an equal amount of damage; a tornado might be more concentrated, while a hurricane could be more widespread. Overall, though, hurricanes can cause more damage. There have been many more hurricanes that caused over $1 billion in damage than tornadoes with the same amount, and more hurricanes than tornadoes with death tolls over 500.
What side of a hurricane does more damage?
The right side of a hurricane does more damage.
What is the strongest hurricane?
A number of Hurricanes can lay claim to that title. Typhoon Tip, Hurricane Camille and a few others both had winds in the rage of 190 mph. The most intense HUrricane in terms of low pressure was Hurricane Wilma.
Which is more destructive the winds of a hurricane or a tornado?
Generally tornado winds are more destructive that hurricane winds. Hurricane winds, however, cause damage over a much larger area than a tornado, so the overall amount of damage may be greater. The worst damage in a hurricane is usually the result of flooding.
Can a hurricane cause more destruction than a tornado?
Yes. A hurricane affects a much larger area than a tornado and so will likely cause more damage overall. Tornado damage is generally more severe than hurricane damage, but it is limited to a small area. There have been far more hurricanes than tornadoes that have caused more than $1 billion in damage.
Would you rather be in a tornado or a hurricane?
A hurricane. While a hurricane can cause more damage and fatalities overall, this is spread out over a larger area. A tornado generally causes more severe damage, but in a smaller area.
Why is eyewall of a hurricane can cause more damage?
It holds the highest speed winds
Is a hurricane bad or a tornado?
Both natural disasters are equally terrible. Magnitude may affect how badly humans, animals, and the environment are affected. Hurricanes are classified by wind speed... A Category 1 hurricane would have winds up to 95 mph winds, while a Category 5 hurricane would have greater than 156 mph winds. A tornado is classified a little differently... according to the Fujita Scale, a tornado is classified by damage. Both a hurricane and a tornado have the potential to cause an equal amount of damage; a tornado might be more concentrated, while a hurricane could be more widespread. Overall, though, hurricanes can cause more damage. There have been many more hurricanes that caused over $1 billion in damage than tornadoes with the same amount, and more hurricanes than tornadoes with death tolls over 500.
What side of a hurricane does more damage?
The right side of a hurricane does more damage.
What is the strongest hurricane?
A number of Hurricanes can lay claim to that title. Typhoon Tip, Hurricane Camille and a few others both had winds in the rage of 190 mph. The most intense HUrricane in terms of low pressure was Hurricane Wilma.
Which is more destructive the winds of a hurricane or a tornado?
Generally tornado winds are more destructive that hurricane winds. Hurricane winds, however, cause damage over a much larger area than a tornado, so the overall amount of damage may be greater. The worst damage in a hurricane is usually the result of flooding.
Do tornadoes cause less damage or a hurricane?
The damage from a tornado is usually more severe than that of a hurricane, but because a tornado covers a much smaller area, the total amount of damage from a tornado is usually less.
Do Hurricane water usually causes more destruction than high winds do?
High winds do cause more damage
Is a tornado or a hurricane more severe over a wide area?
A hurricane affects a much wider area while a tornado can cause more severe damage in a small area.
What causes more damage a tornado a hurricane or an earthquake?
A hurricane
Are category 5 hurricane the most destructive?
Generally, yes. Category 5 hurricanes produce the fastest winds and highest storm surges and thus can produce more damage than weaker storms.
