Sentences with phrase «damaging gusts»
In the 1970s, the National Hurricane Center began using categories to describe how strong a hurricane's winds are and how much damage its gusts might be expected to cause.
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A tornado with 125 mph wind gusts tore a path of damage through the Stevensville area of Kent Island overnight.
Even though I'm far, far inland, Ike whacked us good — not a drop of rain but tons of wind damage, sustained gusts over 80 mph.
The bulk of the damage occurred between 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, when wind gusts were at their worst.
Failure to anticipate sudden gusts is especially problematic, because they can both damage the turbines and lead to sudden transmission line overloads.
Battered by two intensely powerful storms with sustained wind gusts of more than 150 miles per hour last year — first by Hurricane Irma and then by Hurricane Maria — Puerto Rico suffered widespread and catastrophic damage to its urban infrastructure.
«Therefore, the change point in forest damage in 1990 may at least partially be due to the strongest storms having more widespread gusts with wind speeds exceeding 42 m / s», says Hilppa Gregow.
Just minutes earlier 100mph wind gusts were damaging these homes SE of Naples @KATVToddYak pic.twitter.com/BMi7k8k 2Wh
Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage.
Conditions were extreme with heavy rainfall and strong wind gusts causing damage to the resort and surrounds.
Battered by two intensely powerful storms with sustained wind gusts of more than 150 miles per hour last year — first by Hurricane Irma and then by Hurricane Maria — Puerto Rico suffered widespread and catastrophic damage to its urban infrastructure.
Sustained wind is typically used for measuring cyclone intensity, but damage is also related to wind gusts, which are measured over much shorter periods.
«Therefore, the change point in forest damage in 1990 may at least partially be due to the strongest storms having more widespread gusts with wind speeds exceeding 42 m / s», says Hilppa Gregow.
Wind gusts and heavy rainfalls from tropical storms can cause expensive damage to homes.
Windstorm insurance may cover damages from hurricane - force winds, tornados, hail and other weather events that are accompanied by wind gusts that exceed 35 miles per hour.
These inclement weather events have the potential to cause serious damage to manufactured and modular houses because manufacturers make them of lighter materials and because strong wind gusts can cause the anchoring mechanisms on these homes to loosen or break.