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Ivan said that they decided on Monolithic Domes for their structures because they're «engineered to combat just about anything nature can deliver, including 300 mph hurricane winds, extreme storm surges and earthquakes.»

Not exact matches

Forecasters predict that Hurricane Harvey could slam the Texas coast right before the weekend as a Category 3 storm, bringing winds in excess of 125 mph and dumping more than 25 inches of rain.

Harvey arrived on the shores of Texas as a hurricane Friday night, packing sustained wind speeds as high as 130 mph.

The vortex, a mass of whirling gas much like a hurricane, is larger than the Earth and has top wind speeds of 220 mph.

As Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico early Wednesday morning, the powerful Category 4 storm is expected to leave «catastrophic damage» with winds up to 155 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday evening that Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter planes found that Maria had strengthened into a storm with 160 mph (260 kpHurricane Center in Miami said Monday evening that Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter planes found that Maria had strengthened into a storm with 160 mph (260 kphurricane hunter planes found that Maria had strengthened into a storm with 160 mph (260 kph) winds.

The hurricane is about 35 miles (55 km) southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico with maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour (250 km per hour), the NHC said, adding that it is moving in a north - westerly direction at 10 mph (17 km / h).

At its peak, Maria was a Category 4 storm with 155 - mph winds, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Now Hurricane Jose, a Category 4 storm, is headed for Antigua and Barbuda with maximum sustained wind speeds of 150 mph, and local officials are trying to evacuate the entire island of Barbuda in the few hours they have to do so.

Hurricane Maria made landfall at 6:15 am on September 20 in Yabucoa, in southeastern Puerto Rico, as a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 - 200 mph source.

January 2018 — Present / Puerto Rico In the Fall of 2017, Hurricane Maria's 155 mph ferocious winds plowed through the island of Puerto Rico, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.

With wind gales as strong as 160 mph, Hurricane Maria blasted through the country, damaging 90 % of all structures and knocking out all power, water and telecoms.

In the Fall of 2017, Hurricane Maria's 155 mph ferocious winds plowed through the island of Puerto Rico, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.

More than 200 days since the Hurricane Maria's 150 mph winds and 36 inches of rainfall knocked over 80 percent of the island's power lines, thousands of Puerto Ricans are still in the dark.

Hurricane Jose is a Category 4 storm as well; when it and Irma were at their peak strengths earlier this week, it was the first time two hurricanes with 150 - plus mph winds have been in the Atlantic at the same time.

When Hurricane Irma was advancing toward Florida in early September, weather officials were looking at a very scary scenario: an extremely powerful Category 4 or 5 storm hitting with 150 mph winds, flooding rains, and up to 15 feet of storm surge for coastal cities like Miami and Tampa.

Earlier in the week, Irma sustained 185 mph winds for more than 24 hours, a record length of time for a hurricane in the Atlantic.

The extent of the damage is unknown given that dozens of municipalities remained isolated and without communication after Maria hit the island Wednesday morning as a Category 4 storm with 155 mph winds, the strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years.

One hour of 30 - second #GOES16 vis imagery as Hurricane #Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys as a cat 4 with sustained winds of 130 MPH.

Irma smashed into Florida on Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane with 130 - mph winds.

By late Wednesday, Maria had weakened to a Category 3 storm with its center closing in on the Dominican Republic, moving northwest at 9 mph with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade came ashore late Friday about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi as a mammoth Category 4 storm with 130 mph (209 kph) winds.

After Puerto Rico was pummeled by Hurricane Maria last week, a Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds, the island has been left in Hurricane Maria last week, a Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds, the island has been left in hurricane with 150 mph winds, the island has been left in shambles.

At 10 p.m., its maximum sustained winds had fallen to about 40 mph (64 kph), the National Hurricane Center said.

September 8: Irma remained a Category 5 hurricane with wind of 175 mph.

After making landfall in Rockport, Texas, Friday night as a Category 4 storm with 130 - mph winds, Hurricane Harvey was downgraded to a tropical storm Saturday.

The storm began its life just west of Guinea - Bissau, Africa, on Aug. 27 as a non-tropical disturbance, with winds of just 29 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

In a separate tweet, Ventrice had the following troubling comment: «Wow, a number of ECMWF EPS members show a maximum - sustained windspeed of 180 + mph for #Irma, rivaling Hurricane #Allen (1980) for record wind»

Per the National Hurricane Center's (NHC) latest update, Irma is currently a Cat - 3 storm with sustained winds of 115 mph but is expected to strengthen to a devastating Cat - 5 with winds that could top out at 180 mph or more.

It's been six months since Hurricane Maria's 155 mph winds plowed through Puerto Rico, leaving the island severely crippled and desperate for help.

Irma, the center storm in this image, broke a new record for hurricane intensity by sustaining 185 mph winds for 36 hours.

2017 saw more major hurricanes than in all but the heaviest seasons, with six achieving Category 3 (111 - plus mph winds) or higher.

The National Weather Service warned last week that winds could get as high as 80 mph — in the range of a Category 1 hurricane — which was the first time the agency has activated the purple level threat warning in the state.

Hurricane Maria made landfall early Wednesday morning in Puerto Rico as a Category 4 Hurricane, packing 140 mph winds and dropping up to 25 inches of rain.

In the days after this image was taken, Jose would obtain major hurricane status (Category 3), marking the first time on record where two Atlantic storms had 150 mph winds at the same time.

The best historical analogue for a hurricane that follows NHC's 5 pm EDT Friday track and intensity forecast for Irma may be Hurricane Donna of 1960, which tore through the Florida Keys just northeast of Marathon as a Category 4 storm with 140 mhurricane that follows NHC's 5 pm EDT Friday track and intensity forecast for Irma may be Hurricane Donna of 1960, which tore through the Florida Keys just northeast of Marathon as a Category 4 storm with 140 mHurricane Donna of 1960, which tore through the Florida Keys just northeast of Marathon as a Category 4 storm with 140 mph winds.

Irma is likely to be a large and very dangerous Category 3 or 4 hurricane with 120 — 150 mph winds when it makes landfall in the Florida Keys on Sunday morning.

Hurricane Irma is currently off the Antiguan coast, registering sustained winds of about 178 mph.

Irma made landfall Sept. 6 on the island of Barbuda as a Category 5 storm packing winds of up to 185 mph, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record and ultimately forcing the evacuation of the entire population of the island.

On August 26, 2017, Hurricane Harvey hit Houston hard with winds of 130 mph and up to 52 inches of rain, overflowing the bayous, reservoirs, lakes, and rivers.

Last Sept. 18, when Hurricane Fifi came bellowing up the channel between the Bay Islands and the mainland with winds of 120 to 140 mph, the Roatànians simply rode out the storm as their ancestors have been doing since the days of Morgan.

Hurricane Flora, with 80 - mph winds gusting up to 108, raged through Palmer Stadium, and torrential rain drenched the 5,000 spectators (of an original crowd of 31,000) who stayed to brave the storm.

CNN's @LeylaSantiago blown around in San Juan, Puerto Rico as Hurricane Maria makes landfall, packing 155 mph winds... https://t.co/m5nZu272cb

At least 16 people have died in Puerto Rico, where Hurricane Maria made landfall as a category 4 hurricane with 155 mHurricane Maria made landfall as a category 4 hurricane with 155 mhurricane with 155 mph winds.

The eye of Hurricane Maria is located over eastern Puerto Rico on Wednesday morning, bringing sustained winds of 150 mph and a possible storm surge of 6 - 9 feet.

As of 11 p.m., CBS2's Lonnie Quinn reported Hurricane Maria was 65 miles east - southeast of Grand Turk Island as a strong Category 3 storm, with sustained wind speeds of 125 mph.

The Virgin Islands are now bracing for Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph.

Hurricane Maria caused catastrophic damage to Puerto Rico when it hit as a Category 4 storm Sept. 20 with winds of up to 154 mph.

Hurricane Irma's large eye is beginning to move slowly away from the Florida Keys as it continues north with 130 mph (215 kph) winds.

A blast of air surged at speeds exceeding 600 mph, bringing hurricane - force winds to what is now North America.