Hurricane damage

The intensity of a hurricane is measured by the highest sustained wind speed found within it. Once a storm becomes a hurricane, some form of hurricane damage is guaranteed. The strength of that hurricane is also measured on a scale based on its greatest wind speed. This scale is named the Saffir-Simpson scale for the men who invented it. Depending on the level a hurricane falls on the scale, the hurricane effects can result in the loss off of life, property, or land. Another cause is the flooding resulting from the coastal storm surge of the ocean and the massive rainfall, The scale is used as the standard scale for rating the severity of a hurricane, and used to measured the hurricane damage it causes. It ranges from category 1 (minimal), category 2 (moderate), category 3 (extensive), category 4 (extreme), and category 5 (catastrophic). A super typhoon is equivalent to a category 4 or 5 hurricane. The hurricane effects for a category 4 or 5 almost always accompanied with massive death tolls, and millions of dollars in hurricane damage.

With hurricanes being as powerful as they are, it is not surprising that upon landfall they cause damage and destruction. Even when the hurricane has yet to make landfall, its hurricane effects can be dangerous. Most of the damage caused to man and nature occur as a hurricane makes landfall. Strong winds are the most common reasons for destruction. The hurricane effects can range from , uprooted trees, collapsed buildings and homes, fling and deadly debris, sunken ground or boats, and flipped cars.
Another major cause of hurricane damage is storm surge. Storm surge is the rising of the sea level due to the changing wind pressures, and high waves associated with a hurricane as it makes landfall. The storm surge can cause hurricane effects like, significant flooding and unexpected death.

Often tornadoes occur in heavy rain storms causing significant hurricane damage. The rain fall makes them difficult, if not impossible, to see. Advances in radar technology have given the public more lead time than before, but these twisters are still very dangerous and can catastrophic hurricane effects. Tornado’s create paths of damage ranging for miles and miles. The hurricane effects from a tornado are guaranteed, and houses are ripped out of the ground, people are tossed into the spirals, and animals, and property as well. During a tornado land can and usually permanently damaged to pressure in the ground. Many protective measures have been put in place to protect people from tornado’s. It is best to be underground under sold foundation, so that if a house or building is ripped open, the people seeking shelter in will not get taken away by the rapid winds. Unfortunately during this type of storm, animals and property cannot always be protected, and are usually lost. Hurricane effects differ just like the Saffir-Simpson scale does, the more intense of a storm, the more intense the damage caused typically is. Regardless of what the level of a storm all precautions must be met to ensure safety of people as a whole.