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Whirlwind, typhoon and hurricane, who is the worst?

Hurricanes are the worst Some people say that typhoons and tornadoes are terrible because they can overturn houses, ships and trees.

According to the National Hurricane Center, hurricanes and typhoons are just different names for the same climate phenomenon in different places. Tropical cyclones are classified according to the wind speed near their centers,

A tropical cyclone with a wind speed lower than 17m/s is called a tropical depression, and a tropical storm with a wind speed lower than 17m/s-33m/s is called a tropical storm.

When it reaches more than 33 m/s, this weather phenomenon has different names in different regions: the eastern Pacific and Atlantic Ocean are called hurricanes, the western Pacific Ocean is called typhoons, and the Indian Ocean is called cyclones.

According to the hourly advancing distance of the hurricane center, the National Hurricane Center of the United States divides the hurricane into five levels: the first-class hurricane is119 km-153 km; Category II hurricane154 km-177 km; Category III hurricane178km-209km; Category 4 hurricane 2 10 km -249 km; A category 5 hurricane is more than 249 kilometers.