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What is a Category 3 hurricane?

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13 April 2024
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The WMO voted to retire North Eastern Pacific hurricane names Dora and Otis. For the first time since 2014, the committee did not retire any Atlantic names.
A hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 111-129 mph is considered to be a Category 3 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale[1].

Once a hurricane strengthens into Category 3 storm it is considered to be a major hurricane.

The wind scale does

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