Hurricanes, or tropical cyclones, are large, powerful, and often destructive tropical weather systems with sustained winds of 74 mph or greater. Hurricanes rotate around a center, or "eye", with the strongest wind found closest to the center and generally in the right front quadrant of the storm. The word Hurricane applies to tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean and parts of the Pacific Ocean. A tropical cyclone in the Northwest Pacific Ocean is called a typhoon. Hurricanes begin as...

  Hurricanes are extremely dangerous storms that can cause widespread property damage, serious injury and threaten lives. Property damage can occur not only from hurricane force winds, but from coastal flooding caused by tidal surge, inland flooding from heavy rains, and from tornadoes that can develop as a hurricane moves over land. If you live in an area that can be threatened by a hurricane, there are steps you can take to help keep you safe, reduce the potential for property damage,...

Hurricanes are classified based on the Saffir-Simpson Scale which categorizes hurricanes based on the measurement of a 1-minute sustained peak surface wind. The scale does not adjust for other potential influences such as storm surge, rainfall amounts, tornadoes, duration of high winds, the forward motion of a hurricane, or changes in wind direction. These additional factors could influence a storm's potential to cause more severe damage. The descriptions used to gauge wind damage can also be...

Witt Associates has produced this technical report to provide information for homeowners, business owners and local officials to assist in making informed decisions about building practices, specifically targeting improvements and/or performance enhancing characteristics for areas subject to severe flooding and hurricane-strength wind forces in coastal environments.   In order to view this report you will need to have the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your...

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