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The World Wide Tropics Intensity Scale was created by Jackson J. Eskridge, Jamie J. Rodway and Henri Moore, this was created for the Weather Alerts YouTube channel.

The scale:

Level M requires the storm to be a a tropical storm.

Level 1 means the storm is a category 1 hurricane/typhoon or cyclone, the pressure must be less than 995mb of pressure and the storm surge to be over 2ft.

Level 2 means the storm is developing an eye, if a hurricane is developing an eye it means it is strengthening, it must also have maximum sustained winds of at least 95mph.

Level 3 means the storm has maximum sustained winds that are greater than 110 mph and the storm surge is over 8ft, if a storm is intensifying at incredible speeds then it will automatically be put as a level 3 whether it has all the other level 3 characteristics or not, the same apply's if the storm creates tornadoes.

Level 4 means the storm has maximum sustained winds that are greater than 130 mph and the storm surge is over 13ft.

Level 5 is where things start to get intense, in order for us to call a level 5 event the storm must be a category 5 with winds greater than 159 mph, in the pacific ocean this would be called a "super typhoon".

A level 6 storm is a VERY rare occurance, in order for the storm to be a level 6 it must contain one of the following things: It's storm surge must be higher than 19ft, it's wind gusts are greater than 197 mph or it has pressure less than 875mb.