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How do I tell the difference between types of storms?

Tropical Storms

How can you tell the difference between a
tropical depression, a tropical storm, and a hurricane? The
categorization is based on wind speed. Storms with maximum
sustained winds of less than 39 miles per hour are
considered to be tropical depressions. When the wind speeds
exceed 39 mph, the storms are given a name and upgraded to
a tropical storm. At 74 mph, the storm enters the "elite"
category of hurricane. On the Saffir-Simpson scale,
hurricanes are further subdivided into 5 categories.
Category 5 storms contain sustained winds of over 155 mph!

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11/2/2006 10:35:15 PM
Kendra Omtashe said:

I think this tip is wonderful! It helped me a lot on my hurricane project. Thanks for making it!!!

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