hurricane winds
Violent tropical gales
Hurricane winds are winds of extreme speed and destructive force, specifically those reaching 74 miles per hour or greater—the threshold that distinguishes a hurricane from lesser tropical storms.
The term appears in weather reports and emergency warnings: Hurricane winds are expected to make landfall tonight.
Figuratively, anything arriving with overwhelming force might come like hurricane winds.
- gustBrief wind surge
- galeSevere sustained wind
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- typhoonWestern Pacific hurricane
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
howling · roaring · destruction · debris · palm trees · eyewall · making landfall · torrential · surge · devastation · flying debris · shelter · shutters · hunker down · evacuation · fury · relentless · battering
- weather soundsthunder, rain, hail, storm, thunderclap
hurricane windscalm
Free from agitation
dead calm · still air · gentle breeze · light breeze · zephyr
hurricane windsstillness
Complete lack of motion
calm · tranquility · dead air · windlessness · doldrums
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