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Specific storm surge heights are no longer given to the categories on the Saffir-Simpson scale, as it is highly variable and does not just depend on the wind speed used to rate tropical cyclones. However, previously, the list heights were as follows:
Category 1: 4-5 feet
Category 2: 6-8 feet
Category 3: 9-12 feet
Category 4: 13-18 feet
Category 5: >18 feet.
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What category was cyclone Zoe?
It was a Category 5 storm. It is one of the worst Cyclones reported.
Is Australia equipped to cope with a category 4 cyclone?
Easily. Australia has developed excellent emergency management programmes which, together with higher building standards, limit the damage done by cyclones. Australia experiences over a dozen cyclones every year along its coastline, and many of these are category 4. Examples of category 4 or higher cyclones which Australia has handled include Cyclone Yasi - 2010 (category 5), Cyclone Ingrid - 2005 (category 4/5), Cyclone George - 2007 (category 5). Cyclone Tracy was a category 4. The reason it devastated Darwin was that this was before current cyclone standards were put into place.
What is the nature of disaster of gonu in Oman?
It was a category 5 cyclone
How extreme was cyclone yasi?
All cyclones vary in intensity with time. Yasi started out as a Category 3 cyclone but on 2 February it intensified to a Category 5 system (the most powerfull there is).
Why did cyclone Tracy cause so much damage?
because cyclone Tracy is so powerful it's like category 5
Was cyclone mahina a tropical cyclone?
Yes, cyclone Mahina was a category 5 tropicalcyclone and it hit north Queensland on the 4th of March 1899.It killed 307 people.
What is the name of the Bangladesh cyclone 1991?
The name of the Bangladesh cyclone of 1991 was Cyclone Marian. The category 5 cyclone, among the deadliest cyclones on record, struck southeastern Bangladesh on April 29, 1991.
Can a 747 stand up to a cyclone 5 tornado?
There is no such thing as a "cyclone 5 tornado." You can have a category 5 hurricane or an EF5 tornado. In either case, the answer would be no; there is too much turbulence.
How big can a cyclone get?
can reach up to one mile across with the eye in the middle
Cyclone Larry peak wind speed?
When still out at sea, severe Tropical Cyclone Larry was a Category 5 cyclone. By the time Larry made landfall in North Queensland near Innisfail, it was a Category 4 with wind gusts reaching 240 km/h (150 mph).
How devastating was cyclone Tracy?
Cyclone Tracy was a category 4 cyclone which hit Darwin, in Australia's Northern Territory, in the early hours of Christmas Day 1974. The winds were so strong that they blew away the instruments at the airport, suggesting that the cyclone was actually category 5 when it hit. 71 people were killed. It wiped out about 70% of the town, which has since been rebuilt to be as cyclone-proof as it possibly can.
What was Cyclone Tracy?
Cyclone Tracy was a category 4 cyclone which began as a tropical storm in the Arafura Sea. It hit Darwin, in Australia's Northern Territory, in the early hours of Christmas Day 1974. The winds were so strong that they blew away the instruments at the airport, suggesting that the cyclone was actually category 5 when it hit. It wiped out about 70% of the town, which has since been rebuilt to be as cyclone-proof as it possibly can.
