Category 4
Intense tropical cyclone
Category 4 is a classification on a five-point scale, typically describing hurricanes or storms of severe intensity—with sustained winds of 130-156 mph, capable of catastrophic damage.
The term appears in other rating systems as well, generally indicating the second-highest level of intensity or severity: a Category 4 hurricane, Category 4 rapids.
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- typhoonWestern Pacific hurricane
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- destructionAct of completely ruining
winds · flooding · evacuation · emergency shelter · emergency · mandatory evacuation · severe · damage · devastation · landfall · eye · surge · warning · tropical · intensity · wind speed · disaster · shelter
- category fiveHighest storm intensity rating
- broad category
- category 5Highest hurricane intensity rating
- grammatical categoryClassification of linguistic units
- category 3A classification tier
- category errorAssigning wrong logical kind