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Category four designates the second-highest level on a five-tier scale, typically describing hurricanes or storms of severe intensity.
A category four hurricane brings sustained winds of 130–156 mph, capable of catastrophic damage: The island was devastated by a category four storm.
The term applies to other classification systems using similar tiered rankings.
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- hurricane seasonAnnual tropical storm timeframe
devastating · winds · destruction · evacuation · hunker down · major · severe · intense · catastrophic · landfall · flooding · surge · emergency · mandatory evacuation · dangerous · powerful · shelter · FEMA
category fourtropical depression
Nascent warm-ocean storm
tropical storm · category one · level one · category five · subtropical storm
category fourminimal
Smallest amount needed
entry-level · category one · baseline · minor · negligible
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