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Hurricanes are fierce and powerful storms that roar across the ocean. They have different levels known as the saffir-Simpson scale. They go by Tropical storm (TS) Cat 1, Cat 2, Cat 3, Cat 4 and Cat 5. Cat is short for Category. Sometimes hurricane season could be above average or below average. Hurricane season starts June 1 and ends November 30th. You definitely do not want to get caught in a hurricane above a category 3. Hurricanes above Category 3 are considered major hurricanes. They pack a BIG punch with wind speeds over 120 MPH! That almost how fast an average car would go at top speed! Scientists measure there wind speed by flying into the storm! Sometimes they will estimate the wind speed by how much damage it causes or in some cases people actually go into the storm on land and use a pressure meter to measure the pressure. The pressure tells A LOT about the storm system! If a hurricane reaches a wind speed over 200 MPH it is considered a monster storm. That will fully destroy houses, throw cars like toys and even throw trains like toys! Hurricanes feed off of warm waters and lose power over cold waters.